Paul Wilson's bookshelf (in 2002 when this photo was taken) included a string of his own international bestsellers - with volumes on meditation through to finding balance in the workplace.
Among these were a bunch of his small editions - because, as you know, Wilson started the "Little Book" phenomenon that swept the world - resulting in hundreds of millions of these tiny books being sold. His format - his style of words, even the illustrative style that appeared as "watermarks" on his pages - spawned thousands of plagiarists, and subsequently defined the category.
Over 8 MILLION copies sold
(as of June 2000 when we stopped counting)
A few of the languages:
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Dutch
German
Mandarin
Japanese
Korean
Indonesian
Arabic
Russian
Finnish
Polish
Israeli
Bosnian
Swedish
Etc,
Etc
...whew
Countries with bestsellers:
England
Australia
France
Germany
Holland Ireland
Titles include:
Perfect Balance The Calm Technique Instant Calm The Little Book of Calm The Big Book of Calm Calm at Work Completely Calm The Little Book of Calm at Work The Little Book of Pleasure The Little Book of Sleep Calm for Life The Little Book of Hope Calm Mother, Calm Child
Among these were a bunch of his small editions - because, as you know, Wilson started the "Little Book" phenomenon that swept the world - resulting in hundreds of millions of these tiny books being sold. His format - his style of words, even the illustrative style that appeared as "watermarks" on his pages - spawned thousands of plagiarists, and subsequently defined the category.