Sales of Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots And Leaves helped boost sales at Ottakar's book shop.
The Brighton author's punctuation guide and Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything helped lift sales by 32 per cent in the past three months.
Ottakar's kept up its record of 20 per cent annual profits growth after its acquisition of the Hammicks chain last year.
It added 24 stores to make the total 121, boosting turnover by 34 per cent to £153.7 million for the year and profits by £1 million to £6.1 million.
Thursday May 13, 2004
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