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Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" Sets Records (BKS, AMZN)

Sep 17, 2009 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) --

Companies: Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

9/17/2009-According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Dan Brown's latest thriller, "The Lost Symbol," sold over one million hardcover and e-book copies in the US, Canada and the UK in its first 24 hours on the market. The article indicated that Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) said that the book set a new sales record on its first day on sale while Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) said that the novel is, "its best-selling adult fiction at street date, which includes pre-orders prior to release day." Amazon.com added that the biggest surprise was the e-book version of the book outsold the hardcover, excluding pre-orders.

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