2010/05/17
"1Q84 Book 3" Breaks the One Million Copies Barrier
On April 27, Shinchosha Publishing announced that printings of Haruki Murakami's "1Q84 Book 3" had reached one million copies.
April 16, the first day of sales, saw long lines and a media frenzy. Sales reached 400,000 copies in the first three days, and by April 19, 40% of bookstores nationwide were sold out.
On the same day that "Book 3" went on sale, "Book 1," released in May 2009, also sold 30,000 copies. "Book1" and "Book 2" have each sold 1.45 million copies, up from 1.21 million.
♦ Some of the book titles are tentative translations.
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