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2007
In 2007 (not actual day or month) one of every fifteen hardback fiction books sold was a book by James Patterson. From 2007 to 2010 he sold more books than any other author. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3780.James_Patterson -
New York Times Magazine
James Patterson was featured on the front of New York Times magazine. They claimed he has “transformed book publishing”. Then they gave him the title “The man who can’t miss”. http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors_James-Patterson-(1001452).htm -
Author of the year
(Not actual day or month)
James Patterson receives the Children’s Choice Book Council’s Children’s Choice Awards “Author of the Year” award. This award winner is literally chosen by children. They gather around 10,000 children to vote on their favorite titles. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000649481 http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors_James-Patterson-(1001452).htm