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Article: Pope's Book Is Fast Seller; More Print Runs in Works
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 22, 1994
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PARIS Some 150,000 copies of Pope John Paul II's book, "Crossing
the Threshold of Hope," sold out in Germany in the space of 24
hours, and the French publishers announced Friday their print run
would increase to 280,000 due to "colossal demand."
Sales have been brisk in Spain and Italy, while a chaotic supply
system in Warsaw had Poles scrambling desperately to secure the rare
copies that found their way on to the official market, and unofficial
traders in the pontiff's work were expected to make a killing.
One bookseller in central Warsaw ...