KEN FOLLETT SMASH IS BIG HIT IN SEASONAL SPAIN
January 1st, 2008
BY PAUL RIGG, in Madrid
KEN Follett's new book 'World Without End' might perhaps be more appropriately entitled 'Success Without End' given its festive sales in Spain. Already a top bestseller in America, Australia and the UK (among other countries), its Spanish language release between December 28-29 galvanised an otherwise fairly ordinary seasonal trade.
"Sales were quite sluggish up to 20 December and then started to pick up rapidly," said Mercedes Castro, head of the book department at FNAC, which has branches throughout Spain. "Within four ...
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