*SALES IN MILES IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE SPINE OF AN AVERAGE BOOK BEING 1 INCH THICK NOTE: EACH BOOK IN THE STACK REPRESENTS 4 MILLION BOOKS SOLD

WHAT DOES 2 Billion BOOK SALES LOOK LIKE?

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ook like?What does 2 BillionBOOK SALES

We often hear that a book has sold ‘5 million copies’ or even ‘20 million copies’... but what exactly would 20 million books look like if they were stacked end to end?

Lovereading.co.uk wanted to find out, so we compared the global sales of some of the planet’s biggest authors -

we hope you like the results.

31565.69 31565.69

5523.01

5129.44

4734.87

3156.56

1576.28

1.25 TIMES AROUND THE WORLD

OR 1/7 OF THE WAY TO THE MOON

THE LENGTH OF THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

ENOUGH TO MAKE 5 GREAT SPHINXES

OR A LITTLE MORE THAN THE EQUITORIAL DIAMETER OF MARS

THE LENGTH OF THE NILE

OR 263X THE 98 TALLEST BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK

PUT TOGETHER

CORNWALL TO NEW YORK

ENOUGH TO BUILD THE GREAT PYRAMID

OF GIZA

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