Print sales of the Maus series by Art Spigelman skyrocketed 753% in January, according to NPD Bookscan, following a controversial ban of the graphic novel in a Tennessee school district.
and a paperback box set of the series sold during the first week of January, before the McMinn County School Board voted to banSales rose 46% to 2,423 copies during the second week of January—which included several days after the
school district voted to remove the books on January 10.in the fourth week of January, 14,360 copies of the books were sold, a 753% increase from the first week of the month.series, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from
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