Re: Rand in the UK

From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 22:54:00 MDT


On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 08:43:05PM +0100, Charlie Stross wrote:
> As an addendum: I have now indeed found Ayn Rand published in the
> UK -- however, apart from a HarperCollins paperback edition of "The
> Fountainhead" her books are only available as imports.
>
> I had to go to amazon.co.uk and do a search -- none of her books made the
> top 1500 sellers in the UK according to Amazon. Compare to amazon.com,
> where "Atlas Shrugged" is at 630 and "The Fountainhead" is at 835 in
> sales ranking; I'd say the figures support my contention that she has
> a popularity problem over here.

I don't know where you looked, but according to

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451191145
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0586012648

Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead rank 1658 and 680 respectively.
Perhaps that has something to do with only the latter being a
local edition.

Just setting the record straight -- I'd be perfectly happy if Rand
had never published.

-- 
  Mike Linksvayer
  http://gondwanaland.com/ml/



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