Vintage’s editions of EL James’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy sold 19.4 million units in the US through July 2, and 31 million units in English around the world. US sales remain almost equally split between trade paperbacks (9.8 million copies) and ebooks (9.6 million units), the WSJ writes in an advance look at Vintage’s press release. Those sales comprise approximately $145 million for Vintage–but also closer to $225 million for Random House, which licensed world English rights. James’ books, reissued four months ago, have comprised as much as 20 percent of all print adult fiction sales in the US […]
