Two blockbuster films adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels have propelled the author’s romantic fiction to sales of an all-time high.
Sales of Sparks’ titles across all editions have sold more copies in the past six weeks (to the week ending 1st May) than throughout the entirety of 2009 according to Nielsen BookScan. Sparks racked up volume sales of 74,111 over the period, compared to 72,485 in all of 2009.
“Dear John”, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, opened on 14th April, heading to number one in the UK film chart, while “The Last Song”, starring Miley Cyrus, went in at number four.
The Last Song, published by Sphere in hardback in September 2009 and in paperback in April 2010, has already sold nearly four times more than Sparks’ previous novel, The Lucky One, published in 2008. The Last Song has sold 41,760 copies since publication, while The Lucky One has so far racked up sales of 8,187.
The films also boosted his backlist, with A Walk to Remember and The Notebook, also both previously made into films, in particular receiving fillips.
(Source: TheBookseller.com)
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