The Prize that makes Bestsellers: The German Book Prize and Sales Figures - Arts.21 06.10.2007

The German Book Prize was first awarded in 2005 as a counterpart to internationally acclaimed awards like Britain's Booker Prize and France's Prix Goncourt. The 25 thousand euro prize was designed to stimulate interest in German literature and boost sales. Novels by prize winners Arno Geiger and Katharina Hacker quickly shot to the top of bestseller lists. So does that make the German Book Prize a success story? Arts.21 asked publishers, authors and members of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association