Da Vinci Code takes top two but discounts hit revenue
But Brown’s sales, combined with impressive tallies by Sharon Osbourne’s Extreme paperback (Time Warner) and Jilly Cooper’s Wicked! (Bantam Press), were not enough to drive the market as a whole to growth.
The number of books sold in the seven-day period was 1.2% up
on the corresponding week in 2005, but discounting pushed revenue slightly down to just under £24m.
giles.elliott@bookseller.co.uk
The number of books sold in the seven-day period was 1.2% up
giles.elliott@bookseller.co.uk
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