As explained by Pocket Books editor Margaret Clark, it was decided to scale back the number of books published not due to low sales or lack of interest in the prequel series, but due to the fact that the televised series often conflicted with planned literary plotlines, or beat the book series to the punch entirely.

Rogernomics resembled the contemporaneous policies of Margaret Thatcher in Britain and Ronald Reagan in the U. S. Rogernomics was a rapid programme of deregulation and public-asset sales.

" Margaret Cole, director of enforcement at the FSA, said: ' Egg used inappropriate sales techniques to try to persuade customers to buy payment protection insurance on their credit card, even when they asserted they did not want the cover.

Conway was born in New York City, the son of Helen Margaret ( née Sanders ), a sales representative, and James John Conway, a mechanic.

According to author Margaret Sutton, the series was killed due not to poor sales, but to pressure from the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Mitchell's experimental run of jazz-inspired albums, including 1975's The Hissing of Summer Lawns and 1976's Hejira, confused many and hurt Mitchell's sales at the time, but they are acclaimed today.

However sales of Jane Eyre continued to be strong, and may have increased as a result of the novel developing a reputation as an ' improper ' book.

The white photographer and writer, Carl Van Vechten, a supporter of the Harlem Renaissance ( 1920s – 30s ), provoked controversy in the black community with the title of his novel Nigger Heaven ( 1926 ), wherein the usage increased sales ; of the controversy, Langston Hughes wrote:

The novel was designed to promote sales of the boxed set by providing colorful details about the social customs and peoples of various cities and countries around the Flanaess.

* Erik the Viking ( 1989 ) – includes a notice in the credits specifically disclaiming any link with Jones's earlier novel (" although he hopes it will help the sales ")

His next novel, Arch of Triumph, first published in 1945 in English, and the next year in German as Arc de Triomphe, was another instant best-seller and reached worldwide sales of nearly five million.

The royalties and sales income for the novel were transferred to the Solzhenitsyn Foundation for aid to former camp prisoners, and this fund, which had to work in secret in its native country, managed to transfer substantial amounts of money to those ends in the 1970s and 1980s.

They also pointed out that the rise of this industry meant that artistic excellence was displaced by sales figures as a measure of worth: a novel, for example, was judged meritorious solely on whether it was a best-seller, music succumbed to ratings charts and the blunt commercial logic of the Gold disc.

Literary taste in France remains centered on the novel ( 26. 4 % of book sales in 1997 ), although the French read more non-fiction essays and books on current affairs than the British or Americans.

Also, in the film, only Bobby's line of work is mentioned ( he is an insurance salesman ); the novel additionally reveals that Ed is a graphic designer or art director for an advertising agency, Drew works as a sales representative for a large Atlanta-based soft drink manufacturer, and Lewis is simply an unspecified white-collar worker with additional income generated from an inherited rental property ( although in the trailer featured on the 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition these professions are stated ).

* Spanish author Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa's novel Tuareg ( 1980 ) was his most critically and commercially successful, with global sales in excess of 5, 000, 000 copies.

The novel received, at best, mixed reviews in the United States although its publisher considered it successful in terms of sales.

The eighteenth volume debuted at the top of the Nielsen BookScan sales list, while the nineteenth volume was the second bestselling graphic novel in March 2008.

At the time the novel was published, Doubleday did not remainder its unsold science fiction when its sales cycle was complete ; instead, it simply destroyed the unsold copies.

However, sales of Rand's novel increased as a result of public interest in the book, spurred by this film.

Although it enjoyed better initial sales than her previous, and more famous, novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was ultimately less popular.

The novel is set in the world of the department store, an innovative development in mid-nineteenth century retail sales.

In order to boost slumping sales Dickens serialized his own novel, Hard Times, every week between April 1 and August 12, 1854.

Starchild ’ s sales never matched those of Cerebus or Bone, and Sim eventually dissolved ties with Owen — but not before responding to Owen's " Serbius " spoof by giving Starchild ’ s boggle-eyed barkeeper character Martin Humble a surprisingly substantial role in the graphic novel Guys.

The novel was a moderate success commercially ; however its sales were boosted in 1997 with the release of the film adaptation.

The novel was well-reviewed, however, and sales were good.

The novel was designed to promote sales of the boxed set by providing colourful details about the social customs and peoples of various cities and countries around the Flanaess.

In the Canadian novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz ( 1959 ) by Mordecai Richler, the title character sells Tijuana bibles, some featuring Dick Tracy, to his high school classmates, after buying them in bulk from a newsstand vendor who assigns him a small part of the city as his sales territory.

This engine was novel and economical, and sales were initially good.

The former is almost entirely embodied by journalist turned novelist Arturo Pérez Reverte who has managed to merit a certain critical acclaim while topping the sales charts with nearly every novel he writes.

By the summer of 1823, Alcott returned to Connecticut in debt to his father, who bailed him out after his last two unsuccessful sales trips.

A particularly hot summer in London did not help ticket sales.

In the summer of 1786, the Empress Catherine, in the context of tense negotiations on a renewed treaty of commerce, had emphasised her control over this vital commodity by asking the merchants who supplied it to restrict sales to English buyers: “ the Empress has contrary to Custom speculated on this Commodity ”, complained the author of a subsequent memorandum to the Home Secretary.

The concept of indigo children has been criticized for being less about children and their needs, and more about the profits to be made by self-styled experts in book and video sales as well as lucrative counseling sessions, summer camps, conferences and speaking engagements.

In any event, the next leg of their 1983 U. S. tour ( which had begun in the summer but shut down suddenly on September 10 after a performance at Pine Knob in Detroit ), scheduled for the autumn, was abruptly cancelled, reportedly because of low ticket sales.

* Concrete River Days – A summer festival held on the second weekend in July, with a parade, sidewalk sales, and many outdoor activities ; so named because the Palouse riverbed in downtown Colfax has been lined with concrete for the sake of flood control, and the water descends into a narrow central channel during the dry season.

It also topped several music sales charts in Europe during the summer of 1968.

One of the auction house's " rainmakers " in the sale of Impressionist and Modern art, Guy Bennett, resigned from the auction house just prior to the beginning of the summer 2009 sales season.

* October 4 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's The Rising Tour concludes after 120 shows over 14 months, with record-setting sales in U. S. stadiums during the summer and early autumn.

During the summer and fall of 1976, Boston attracted much publicity due to the unprecedented record sales by an unknown act, its unique sound, and singer Brad Delp's vocal abilities.

It went on sale in summer 2008 in Europe, with sales in other countries beginning early 2009.

But poor ticket sales led to the festival's cancellation and the band re-routed its summer tour.

In comments written later, in the summer of 1996, Wagner cited poor sales, his weak business skills, and his 1991 divorce as the causes of a financial " hole " he was struggling to get out of.

Ooma revamped its sales and marketing strategy with a new management team in the summer of 2008, replacing Kutcher as their creative director.

A particularly hot summer in London did not help ticket sales for Princess Ida and forced Carte to close the theatre during the heat of August.

After major losses in sales, in March 1999, the company announced that it would close U. S. operations, holding liquidation sales and closing down for good in the summer.

The yearly calendar includes attic-clearing sales ; at the opening of the summer holiday period, the town celebrates la Saint-Pierre, a fair is organised and there are several fairground rides and other attractions, as well as cultural stands for the sale of specialist food and craft products.

The seasonal nature of train sales continued to cause concern for Ives, and Harry Ives, Edward Ives ' son and successor, sought one last time to diversify by selling toy boats, which he hoped would support the company through strong summer sales.

The brewery had to run around the clock to meet demand for the entire summer, and sales immediately doubled.

The album sold moderately well — including on-site sales at the Hungry i during the Kingston Trio's engagement there through the summer — but it was DJs Paul Colburn and Bill Terry at station KLUB in Salt Lake City whose enthusiasm for a single cut on the record spurred the next development in the group's history.

One notable brand is Klondike. Choc ice sales are greatly increased during the summer months and on warmer days.

During the summer, regular Sunday car boot sales are held on the recreation field, the profits from which go to support the Memorial Hall.