High-Priced British Import Does Well For US Booksellers

Independents that “import an eagerly awaited book from Britain several months before its release in the United States and then jack up the price” are finding success. The book, Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” “tied for No. 5 on the best-seller list of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association in the United States in October.”