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Troubled Blood sells almost 65,000 copies in just five days

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zanahoria · 23/09/2020 16:30

amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/23/jk-rowling-thriller-no-1-transphobia-row-troubled-blood-robert-galbraith

A big thank you to everyone who helped promote the book!

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SurrogacyIsModernDaySlavery · 23/09/2020 16:57

Those sorts of sales figures should make it clear there's a lot of people supporting JKR

TerribleCustomerCervix · 23/09/2020 16:56

Fuck! Thanks Sparklfairy, that gives a bit more perspective!

Bet those book shops who have banned JKR books are feeling slightly irrelevant

Sparklfairy · 23/09/2020 16:52

@TerribleCustomerCervix

I have no touchstone for book sales figures- is 65k in 5 days a particularly impressive number?
I had no clue either but a quick Google brought up:

To make it onto the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list, Max says a book needs at least 3,000 to 5,000 sales. As for Amazon, one investigation from Publishers Weekly estimates a book would need to sell almost 1,100 copies every day to land a spot on the site's top five.

So Shock

TerribleCustomerCervix · 23/09/2020 16:49

I have no touchstone for book sales figures- is 65k in 5 days a particularly impressive number?

Mammatino · 23/09/2020 16:46

Pay day on Friday so will start on book one and i think I need a T-shirt.

heathspeedwell · 23/09/2020 16:44

It really is a thing of wonder, I'm already counting the days till her next book is out.

RoyalCorgi · 23/09/2020 16:41

Is it just me, or is that Grauniad article best read through gritted teeth?

Oh yes! That's the same writer who did the piece the other day about Rowling being transphobic.

I think women are buying this to make a point. Good.

jhuizinga · 23/09/2020 16:40

FWRLurcker - I would start with the first book and read in order. The developing relationship between Robin and Cormoran is one of the joys of the series.

Siablue · 23/09/2020 16:40

Read the whole series. Each mystery is a stand alone but the relationship between Robin and Strike develops throughout the series.

I got the kindle version because I knew it was a doorstop!

SophocIestheFox · 23/09/2020 16:38

Is it just me, or is that Grauniad article best read through gritted teeth? 😬 😂

FWRLurker · 23/09/2020 16:38

Prawn sounds like you should get the ebook version! :)

I haven’t started this series Yet - For those who have read it, should I start from the beginning or with this one.

PrawnofthePatriarchy · 23/09/2020 16:35

I'm struggling with my copy. I'm not in great health and it's huge and very heavy. Not suitable for reading in bed, sadly. But on the positive side if reading it was easier I'd have finished it long since. It's very gripping.

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