Link Du Jour: Highest-Paid Authors
Forbes recently posted a list of the highest paid authors in the world. In it you’ll find children’s and YA authors sitting side by side with authors of books for grown-ups. Call me crazy, but I’d contend that a list like this was unthinkable a decade or two ago. The most amazing thing about this article? This quote about Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight:
At one point, Meyer’s “Twilight†series accounted for more than 15 percent of all books sold in the U.S.
Come again!? I repeat – whaaa?! That’s crazy stuff, folks. Be sure to click on the image gallery to see the full list. Click the image below to read.
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(Thanks to John Schumacher (AKA The Picasso of Twitter) for the link)
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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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