The other day, I reported that Dan Brown’s new thriller The Lost Symbol was way up at the top of Amazon’s bestseller lists. Which is not much of a surprise, except that it was the Kindle version topping the list.
Well, The Business Insider is reporting that this is not the giant leap forward for e-books that it appeared:
The Lost Symbol sold just 100,000 in e-books format according to Doubleday. Overall Doubleday sold 2 milllion copies. The 5% ratio of e-books to print is about in-line with the average for book sales.
E-books may not have broken any records, but The Lost Symbol has officially crushed Bill Clinton’s record of fastest-selling adult hardcover of all time.
Another meatus-chin!
Bill Clinton writing adult books makes perfect sense but can’t he use a pseudonym? He doesn’t need the money that badly, and he’s going to embarrass the Secretary of State.
I bought it on Sony’s ebook site for 9.99…. how much is it hardback?