Sales for Salinger books jump after TV doc airs.

[Jim]

My publisher e-mailed me the following AP wire. It may be of interest to some group members.

Wed., Jan. 22, 4:13 p.m. UTC

New York (AP) - The airing of a J.D. Salinger documentary has returned "The Catcher in the Rye" to the top of best seller lists.

"Catcher" was No. 1 on Amazon.com and No. 20 on Barnes & Noble.com within hours of "Salinger" appearing Tuesday night on PBS stations.

Rankings for other Salinger books also surged. "Nine Stories" was No. 77 on Wednesday morning, jumping from No. 6,639 the day before. "Franny and Zooey" rose from 6,191 to 172.

The documentary, directed by Shane Salerno, was released in movie theaters last fall. It alleges that at least five new books by Salinger will be published.

Salinger reportedly wrote steadily over the last 45 years of his life, but permitted nothing to be released. He died in 2010 at age 91.

Associated Press

[John]

I'd like to see that. "Catcher" was one entertaining read. Have to wonder about not pubbing afterward. What did they say? Didn't want to compete with his own fame?