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38
HarperCollins achieved anoth-
er strong year of sales and
profits in fiscal 2004, buoyed
by an impressive list of
bestsellers that was topped by
Rick Warren’s blockbuster
The Purpose Driven Life.
The Purpose Driven Life was
the number-one selling non-
fiction book in the U.S. in 2003,
with more than 17 million
copies sold since its release
in October 2002. The title
had been on The New York
Times hardcover advice best-
seller list for 74 consecutive
weeks by June 30. The
Purpose Driven Life, published
by HarperCollins’ religious
and spiritual book imprint,
Zondervan, also picked up the
prestigious Christian Book of
the Year honor for 2003 and 2004.
BOOK PUBLISHING
In the year to June 30,
HarperCollins had 97 books on
The New York Times bestseller
list including nine titles
that reached number one.
HarperCollins had 53 titles on
the Sunday Times bestseller
list in the UK, with five books
reaching number one.
HarperCollins Children’s
Books also topped the list of
children’s book publishers
on The New York Times best-
seller list. A total of 32
HarperCollins titles made the
list, thanks in large part to
the continuing success of
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of
Unfortunate Events. By June
30, the 10 Snicket titles had
sold 22 million copies world-
wide, with publishing licenses
in 39 languages.
For the fourth consecutive
year, Zondervan produced the
world’s best-selling Bible, the
NIV Study Bible. The NIV Study
Bible has been on the Bible
bestseller list since its 1985
release. Five of the top six
best-selling Bibles in 2003
were Zondervan Bibles.
Zondervan swept the
Christian booksellers awards
at its annual convention. Its
three gold and 18 silver
medallions were more than
any other publisher.
For the second time in
three years, HarperCollins
Canada won the 2004 Canadian
Booksellers Association Libris
Award for Publisher of the
Year, and also won the Editor
of the Year award.
PULITZER FOR AMISTAD
Edward P. Jones, author of The Known World – published by HarperCollins’
African American imprint, Amistad – was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction.
ONE MILLION COPIES OF 100 YEARS
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ 100 Years of Solitude sold more than one million
copies in the past year – 34 years after it was first published – when it was
selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club.
ON TOP DOWN UNDER
HarperCollins Australia/New Zealand ended the year with a host of number
ones: the number one publisher in Australia; publisher of the number one
cookery books (Donna Hay’s Modern Cooking 2), the number one fiction
title of the year (The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous), the number one
sports book (Steve Waugh’s Never Say Die), and the number one current
affairs title (World From Islam by George Negus).
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SOLID PERFORMANCES
INSIDE TODAY An impressive list of bestsellers
NEWS CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2004
HarperCollins General Books Group continued its strategy of
signing some of the biggest names in news, business, sports and
entertainment. HarperCollins’ imprint ReganBooks secured
former Commander of U.S. Forces in the Persian Gulf, General
Tommy Franks, to write his autobiography, which was released
in August. HarperCollins has also signed renowned former
General Electric Chairman and CEO Jack Welch and his wife,
former Harvard Business Review editor Suzy Welch, to write
a business how-to book.
In September 2003, HarperCollins published My Side by soccer
superstar David Beckham (called Beckham: Both Feet on the
Ground in the U.S.). The book proved to be nothing short of a
publishing phenomenon in the U.K., where it was launched in
a blaze of publicity. It quickly became the fastest-selling non-
fiction book of all time in the U.K., selling 86,000 copies in the
first two days, and topped the Sunday Times bestseller list for
seven weeks. By June 30, it had sold more than a million copies
in hardcover and was recognized with a special award at the
British Book Awards in March.
HARPERCOLLINS NEWS BRIEFS