At Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, revenue was up by 20 percent in 2021, and the store made more money last year than it did in 2019, according to the owner, Valerie Koehler. Mitchell Kaplan, the founder of Books & Books, an independent chain in South Florida, said sales were up more than 60 pe
"For librarians and booksellers, the series opened doors," says Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop. "It said kids could read big books. It made fantasy more acceptable. It made it okay for adults to read children's lit."
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