Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Punctuation Sweeps the Globe!

Punctuation Sweeps the Globe!:

"Her sticklers' guide to punctuation is a publishing sensation, topping the British bestseller list for 18 weeks. Now Lynne Truss has pulled off something even more remarkable: her book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, has gone global. And like JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, Truss's international success looks set to make her a millionaire.
The slim volume, subtitled The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, is storming bookshops in country after country, entrancing pedants everywhere from Saudi Arabia to South Korea. It has soared to number one in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. "