20 Jul 2019 06:37
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<p>Publishers Weekly recently released target="_blank data on the best selling books of last year. Here are a few things that stood out to me.</p>
<p><strong>Only one book in 2018 sold more copies than <em>The Wonky Donkey</em>.</strong></p>
<p>Congratulations to <em>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown</em>, you were the only book that managed to best the Scottish granny:</p>
<p>This viral read-aloud moved nearly <em>a million</em> copies. I wonder how many people tried to read it with a Scottish accent after they bought it.</p>
<p><strong><em>Wonder</em> dethroned.</strong></p>
<p>Wonder dropped from #1 in the hardcover backlist bestsellers (it’s still riding high at #4 though).</p>
<p><strong>People like stories they can read in 5 minutes.</strong></p>
<p>5-Minute Mickey Mouse Stories, 5-Minute Princess Stories, 5-Minute Pete the Cat Stories, Disney 5-Minute Snuggle Stories, and Fancy Nancy: 5-Minute Fancy Nancy Stories were all among the top sellers of 2018.</p>
<p>MILLION DOLLAR IDEAS</p>
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<li>Stories you can read in <em>one</em> minute.</li>
<li>Stories that are just one illustration and when you show it to a kid they say “Got it.”</li>
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<p><strong>Non-illustrated middle grade is hard to find.</strong></p>
<p>The true unicorns of this list are non-illustrated middle grade fiction books. While illustrated books like Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, and Dork Diaries are all hanging out near the top, non-illustrated middle grade fiction was scarce (aside from <em>Wonder</em>).</p>
<p>What jumped out to you?</p>
Source: http://100scopenotes.com/2019/03/01/four-thoughts-about-the-bestselling-books-of-2018/