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February 22nd, 2007

More on Higher Power

The New York Times has another story on The Higher Power of Lucky. According to the article, it all started when librarian Dana Nilsson posted a complaint on the LM-Net listserv. A passage I found amusing:

The book was in the high 600s on Amazon before Nilsson’s comments were publicized, but soon jumped into the top 40. Simon & Schuster had already ordered an extra 100,000 copies after the Newbery was announced.

Continue reading on NYTimes.com.


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