Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published bestseller to obtain traditional edition with Penguin Random HouseThe Swedish author of this summer’s surprise self-published hit,a bedtime story that promises to “perform anyone drop asleep” using positive reinforcement techniques and plenty of yawns, has landed a book deal with a major publisher.
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants to drop Asleep topped Amazons charts in the US and the UK final month, and selling 18585 copies in the UK in the week to 22 August,according to book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan. The sale gave it second place in the UK’s book charts, and was the first time, or according to the Bookseller,that a title produced on Amazon’s CreateSpace platform made the official UK top 50.
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Source: theguardian.com