Link Du Jour: Bestselling Children’s Books of 2009
Attention folks interested in 2009 children’s book sales figures: they’re out.
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Publishers Weekly has broken down which titles moved the most units in aught nine. My notes are as follows:
- Dang, Golden Books are still sellin’ by the truckload.
- Wimpy Kid took #1 and #2 in the hardcover frontlist category?
- If you slap Twilight on anything rectangular it will sell.
- The same goes for Fancy Nancy.
- Series books are where it’s at. Barely a stand-alone to be found at the top of the lists.
Click here to head over to Publishers Weekly and check out the figures for yourself.
(Thanks to Educating Alice for the link)
Top Image: ‘cash register keys‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/54289096@N00/3154132
Filed under: Link Du Jour
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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