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This page provides a list of the largest deals for books and book series to date. It differentiates from the list of best-selling books in that book deals are secured before the book is released, and often before the book is completed. The books are listed according to the highest book deal estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources.
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
100 million [138] 100 million [139] English V. C. Andrews, The Devil's Advocate: 60 American Evan Hunter: 100 million [140] 100 million [141] English Detective (Ed McBain) 94 American Roger Hargreaves: 100 million [142] 100 million [143] English Children's literature, Mr. Men: British Robin Cook: 100 million [144] 100 million [145] English ...
“What if, alongside a $100 million dollar gift to a highly selective university, they also gave $100 million to [make] textbooks free for every college student in the United States, forever?”
Although $1 million may seem like a lot of money, unfortunately, it doesn't stretch as far as it used to. But, if you're a frugal spender, it may be just enough to buy everything you've always wanted.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award: Book United Arab Emirates Arabic 7 awards each valued at AED 750,000 [11] 200,000 US$200,000 Saudi King Abdullah International Award for Translation: Author Saudi Arabia Arabic 5 awards of 200,000 each (1 million total) [12] 175,000 US$175,000 Alfaguara Prize: Book Spain Spanish [13] 175,000 US$175,000
Curtis '50 Cent’ Jackson doesn’t respond the way Fredrik Eklund is expecting when he finds out how much his mansion could sell for.
150 picture books: 1973–2013: 80 million [234] Captain Underpants: Dav Pilkey: English: 12 plus spinoffs: 1997–2015: 80 million [235] Fear Street: R. L. Stine: English: 114: 1989–present: 80 million [236] Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) Astrid Lindgren: Swedish: 3 + 3 picture books: 1945–2001: 80 million [237] The Vampire ...