The Jane Austen Book Club was singled out for special recognition in the Penguin Group’s 2004 first half operating results.

Among these titles were: The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (one of the most talked about and best-reviewed books of 2004, with more than 175,000 copies in print to date)

Who says the Jane Austen renaissance is over? (Yes, Harvey “John Thorpe” Weinstein, we’re looking at you.)