Dr. King is the 12th American to be awarded the peace prize. Dr. Nobel, the Swedish scientist who established it, was the inventor of dynamite. The award is given by the Norwegian Parliament. The other Nobel prizes--for chemistry, physics, medicine and physiology, and literature--will be awarded in Sweden. The award to Dr. King will be made in Oslo Dec. 10. Tribute to Nonviolence Seen. Atlanta, Oct. 14--Dr. King said today that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to him was a tribute to millions of Americans who followed the precepts of nonviolence.
1 There are more than 168,000 Bibles that are sold or given to others in the United States every day.  20 million. Thatâs the number of Bibles that are sold each year in the United States. Thatâs more than double the amount that was sold annually in the 1950s.
How many books does a first novel sell, on average? I'm thinking of writing a novel for teens. Specifically, I'm targeting young males, from 12 to 25 (it's a wide range, I know). I'm wondering what sort of sales one expects from an average book. On one hand, I know there are no average books, but averages help you understand what extreme ball-park to expect. What I'd really like is a break-down of average sales fro books in various markets. For example, I've seen the number 5000 bandied about as the average sales for a first-time writer writing a business book, without using a publicist.