James Patterson (Simple English Wikipedia)

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55^th place

61^st place

873^rd place

462^nd place

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1^st place

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guinnessworldrecords.com (Global: 873^rd place; Simple English: 462^nd place)

First author to sell more than 1 million e-books:
On 6 July 2010, the Hachette Book Group announced that James Patterson (USA), creator of the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series of novels, was the first author to exceed one million sales in e-books, moving 1.14 million units of his books for devices like Kindle and the iPad.

"James Patterson – The Richest Author in the World". notjustrich.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

"Author James Patterson giving $1M to independent bookstores". USA Today. February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

"James Patterson – The Richest Author in the World". notjustrich.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-15.