tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post3598983165178442427..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-89166030987598260312009-02-03T12:18:00.000+13:002009-02-03T12:18:00.000+13:00Problem is getting any reasonably accurate figures...Problem is getting any reasonably accurate figures from the Chinese who, until recently anyway, hid or disguised sales to avoid paying royalties. <BR/>Also, what about the international sales of The God Boy, which was published in the US before it was released here? There have been many editions. Then there are the German sales of Among the Cinders. And A Good Keen Man? That's if it can be considered a novel. It's certainly fiction. I'm sure that got well passed 100,000 but how far past maybe Ray Richards would know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-60980386917435975342009-02-03T11:54:00.000+13:002009-02-03T11:54:00.000+13:00Janet Frame's Owls Do Cry and Faces in the Water h...Janet Frame's Owls Do Cry and Faces in the Water have both sold well into six figures. They're not up there with the blockbusters but they should be mentioned in this context. Neither have ever been out of print and the translations have been ticking over into more and more languages ever since the early 60s. There's a new edition of Faces, introduced by Hilary Mantel, coming out in the UK this year. The Italian and Swedish translations of Owls and Faces are being re-issued soon, and Owls is being translated into Turkish and Faces into Brazilian Portuguese, and both are being negotiated for Finnish. Etc.<BR/>Faces is a bigger title than Owls overseas, and is the title that usually makes the international lists of the greatest novels ever written.<BR/>If you're going to play the numbers game it's worth recognising that literary fiction almost never outsells genre fiction. So it's great to see the success of the Bone People. Go Keri!Pamela Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581369727017085580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-26562095651665032252009-02-03T10:48:00.000+13:002009-02-03T10:48:00.000+13:00I've got no idea what the actual sales figures...I've got no idea what the actual sales figures would be, but wasn't<BR/> Stevan Eldred-Grigg's Oracles & Miracles released in Chinese translation a few years ago? It must surely be a contender.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-70571400122554426662009-02-02T16:45:00.000+13:002009-02-02T16:45:00.000+13:00Don't forget Barry Crump!!Over 300,000 copies sold...Don't forget Barry Crump!!<BR/>Over 300,000 copies sold of Hang on a Minute Mate...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-59020251670216372312009-02-02T13:34:00.000+13:002009-02-02T13:34:00.000+13:00I think I heard that Vintner's Luck had done about...I think I heard that Vintner's Luck had done about 50,000 here and 50,000 overseas. Hopefully Fergus can correct if wrong. And I imagine it'll get a big boost from the film this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-46420037643007037052009-02-02T13:12:00.000+13:002009-02-02T13:12:00.000+13:00Jenny Pattrick must be in with a chance of topplin...Jenny Pattrick must be in with a chance of toppling all others. I recall Jim henderson telling me he sold 100,000 of Gunner Inglorious.<BR/>David McGillDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152089699167779372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-73833552589314821332009-02-02T12:17:00.000+13:002009-02-02T12:17:00.000+13:00What about The God Boy, Ian Cross'classic? It woul...What about The God Boy, Ian Cross'classic? It would have had a huge sale in NZ secondary schools over many years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-87350409720506605032009-02-02T12:13:00.000+13:002009-02-02T12:13:00.000+13:00Thanks for these comments.Paul Cleeve - I had forg...Thanks for these comments.<BR/><BR/>Paul Cleeve - I had forgotten about his huge German success.His publisher has confirmed that 300,000 copies were sold in Germany.<BR/><BR/>the bone people - figures supplied by Keri Hulme prove I had way under-estimated sales and probably confirm my suggestion that it is our biggest-selling fiction title.<BR/><BR/>Vintner's Luck - can anyone help with sales figures for this one? The movie is being released this year which will give sales a further significant boost.Beattie's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-31792249814694440182009-02-02T12:08:00.000+13:002009-02-02T12:08:00.000+13:00Kia ora Graham - nice post-thank you!I dont know w...Kia ora Graham - nice post-thank you!<BR/>I dont know what the total sales figures are for all editions (it's been published in 9 foreign languages (including Czechoslavakian!) and we're negotiating Russian rights this month.)The last time I toted things up from royalty sheets (7 years ago) it had sold just over 1.3 million copies...it had sold over 75000 copies *in New Zealand* before it won the Booker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-36913875800085382352009-02-02T12:02:00.000+13:002009-02-02T12:02:00.000+13:00I should also add that those figures apparently pe...I should also add that those figures apparently pertain to The Cleaner only, his second and third books (The Killing Hour and Cemetery Lake) have also sold internationally but CL hasn't been released other than in Australia.<BR/><BR/>To the best of my recollection.<BR/><BR/>Cheers DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-76721837092346164522009-02-02T11:14:00.000+13:002009-02-02T11:14:00.000+13:00And The Vinter's Luck?And The Vinter's Luck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-5690600426423385712009-02-02T10:41:00.000+13:002009-02-02T10:41:00.000+13:00I would second Vanda's comment regarding Paul. He...I would second Vanda's comment regarding Paul. He has currently sold over 300,000 copies ... note that ... 300,000 copies of The Cleaner (Der Siebte Tod) in Germany alone. The book has sold to Australia, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Japan, France and England - so the 300,000 number is just for Germany alone.<BR/><BR/>I have a feeling that it's now, well and truly the biggest selling book from a NZ author.<BR/><BR/>Cheers DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-40185403850404823392009-02-02T10:11:00.000+13:002009-02-02T10:11:00.000+13:00Paul Cleave has had huge success in Germany with h...Paul Cleave has had huge success in Germany with his crime fiction thriller The Cleaner, first published by Random NZ.Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-22034387608513538372009-02-02T10:05:00.000+13:002009-02-02T10:05:00.000+13:00Curiously - if we consider the pulse of the educ...Curiously - if we consider the pulse of the education/curriculum - I would reverse the order.<BR/>Once Were Warriors<BR/>The Whale Rider<BR/>The Bone PeoplePaul Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558887847347922330noreply@blogger.com