Amazon, USA. The most popular books in 2009.
In 2009, the South African exclusive book Boeke Prize won the first prize, and it was ranked as the best English novel in the chronicle along with The Kite Runner, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire and The Time Traveler's Wife.
The finalists of the 20 10 Citrus Award for Women's Literature are strongly recommended by Oprah Club, and the adaptation of the original Harry Potter film of DreamWorks is in urgent progress.
USA-Today ranked 1 in 2009. Six major media, Time Magazine, USA-Today, Washington Post Entertainment Weekly and Publishing Business Weekly, jointly recommended Amy einhorn Book Company as Putnam's newly established literary publishing house. As early as 2007, Amy einhorn, vice president of Amy einhorn Book Company, came across the outline of a novel. However, some pages are sketchy, but the unknown female author firmly attracted Amy's attention. She fell in love with this story, grabbed the global copyright of this book with a high advance payment, and made it the main book of Amy Einhorn's new publishing house, although this story has been rejected by nearly 60 publishing houses before. With the spread of the financial crisis and the merger, reorganization and bankruptcy of a large number of publishing houses, the newly established publishing houses may close down immediately if they are not careful. At that time, the Obama whirlwind was far from blowing. Amy's only confidence comes from the charm of helping herself. She thinks this is a good book and a book worth reading.
Sure enough, Amy's vision was confirmed by the market. The mutual aid society won the first opportunity for the new publishing house and opened its doors in 2009. Amy einhorn's book has also gained a foothold. After the book was published, it swept the whole American book market in just two months, setting a super sales record. Only 57,000 copies were printed for the first time, and they were quickly printed that month. Three months after publication, 789,000 copies were sold. By the end of the year, 1 10,000 books have been sold, and the global copyright has been sold to more than 30 countries. China's exclusive copyright was preempted by China City Publishing House.
This book has been on the best-seller list in The New York Times since its publication, ranking first in the best-seller list for nearly 565,438+0 weeks. Amazon readers in the United States rated it as 1 of the 2009 100 favorite books, and more than 1000 five-star reviews moved and recommended it. Readers' feedback, "I haven't read such a fascinating book for a long time", "I lost track of time" and "I cried for them and smiled for them". Many readers said that they found the meaning and confidence of life from this book. It is reported that readers are talking about this book everywhere in America. Some commentators said, "That's not a bestseller who won a moment's sales by Obama's black whirlwind and slogan of change." Just like the preface written by Amy, vice president of the publishing house, "Our editors always say that every book we publish is great. Frankly speaking, books like Help are not common, if we keep our word. I hope that every novel produced by Amy einhorn can reach the height of "Help": wonderful words, true and touching narrative, wit and full of emotion. " According to foreign media reports, DreamWorks recently overcame all difficulties and won the film copyright of the best-selling book Help. Tate taylor, the director, is also a childhood friend of the author Catherine Stockett. He will be responsible for adapting the novel into a script and putting this story describing the complex feelings between people in the turbulent period of American society on the screen.
DreamWorks executives chris columbus, Hurley barrio and Mark Surian announced their film plans. Michael Bennett, mark radcliffe, Bronson Green and Tate Taylor will be the producers of this film. In the film, Miss Wen will be played by a girl with great acting talent since she was a child. So far, she has made seven films and many TV plays. In 2008, he co-starred with rainn wilson in The King of Rock, and in the same year, he co-starred with anna faris in The Campus Rabbit. Tom Hanks's son colin hanks and Kathleen mcphee, the fifth runner-up of American Idol, also appeared in the play. Lian Bi's role in the novel will be played by viola davis, who was nominated for the 8 1 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her outstanding performance in Child Abuse. It is expected to be at 20 1 1, and you can see the help, which has been put on the big screen.
As for the performance of future films, Hurley-Barrio said: "Help" is not just a book, it has formed a cultural phenomenon that affects everyone. Both Catherine Stockt's novels and Tate Taylor's plays perfectly describe the special relationship between people in that period of dramatic changes in contradictions. This story touched us, and we hope to bring more audiences to this story. "