Big Opening for YA Vampire Novel The WSJ says that Stephanie Meyer’s YA vampire novel ECLIPSE sold 150,000 copies on its opening day on sale earlier this week, prompting Steve Riggio to comment: “We were anticipating the book would be very big, but it has exceeded our expectations. As booksellers, we’re thrilled.” BN alone reports selling 50,000 copies in the first two days on sale. The first two books in the series are said to have 1.6 million copies in print. Little, Brown was looking for a big opening, but they were projecting 40,000 copies. Publisher Megan Tingely says, “I’ve […]
