（每日一读）2014年2月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 社会生活 J K罗琳新书《布谷鸟在呼唤》销量大增.docVIP

J·K·罗琳新书《布谷鸟在呼唤》销量大增 Sales of crime novel The Cuckoos Calling have rocketed since its author Robert Galbraith was unmasked as JK Rowling, according to The Bookseller. ? 据英国书商周刊报道，自犯罪小说《布谷鸟在呼唤》的作者“罗伯特·加尔布雷斯”被披露其真实身份为J·K·罗琳之后，该书销售量火速上升。 It said 17,662 hardback（精装本） copies were sold between 14 and 20 July, up from just 43 copies the previous week, according to Nielsen BookScan data. ? The Cuckoos Calling was the weeks bestselling hardback novel, despite some booksellers running out of stock. ? The Harry Potter author was identified in a newspaper article last week. ? On a websitededicated to her nom de plume, Rowling said 8,500 English language copies had been sold across all formats, including e-books, before her unmasking（揭露）. ? The author added that she had received two offers from television production companies. ? The situation was becoming increasingly complicated, largely because Robert was doing rather better than we had expected him to, she said. But we all still hoped to keep the secret a little longer. ? Roberts success during his first three months as a published writer (discounting sales made after I was found out) actually compares favourably with JK Rowlings success over the equivalent period of her career. ? However, The Bookseller reported the hardback had sold fewer than 500 copies in its three-month period on sale before the Sunday Times expose. ? The recent spike in sales were not enough to send The Cuckoos Calling to the top spot in the official UK top 50, instead landing it in third place. ? The Rowling revelation coincided with the paperback release of The Casual Vacancy - her first official post-Potter work - which sold 19,548 copies in the same week, making the book number two in the sales chart. ? Neither title managed to topple（推翻） John Grishams The Racketeer from the top of the chart, which shifted 24,222 copies - a 19% drop on the previous week. ? Elsewhere on the Robert Galbraith website, Rowling has revealed the reason she chose her pen n