"Twilight" publisher sees film boosting book sales

Article found at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/en_nm/us_twilight_books

Recently, I was reading up on the Twilight books, just to see what the big deal with them is because I have never read them or seen its new box office hit movie. I came across an article titled "Twilight" Publisher Sees Film Boosting Book Sales. I found this article to be interesting because it talked about the relationship between books and movies made after the books and the overall effect on not only the book, but also the affect on the teen market. The article said that the publisher of the Twilight series, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, hopes the movie will bring in a larger audience of readers for the books, but they also hope that people will not just see the movie, but read the books as well. The article reflected on the fact that movies such as Narnia and Lord of the Rings helped to boost book sales tremendously, while movies such as the Golden Compass did nothing for book sales. Finally, the article talked about how the teen market is easily swayed and they want to be reading what is popular and what everyone else is reading. Since this series and the movie appeals largely to teenage girls, the success of the books is dependant on them. Since the Twilight books had such an enormous fan base to begin with, I think the movie will have a positive effect on the books, just like the Harry Potter phenomenon.