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TRENDY BUT CALM: ADULT COLORING BOOKS SELLING LIKE CRAZY
Associated Press ^ | 7/15/2015 | ETH J. HARPAZ

Posted on 07/15/2015 9:30:47 AM PDT by grimalkin

NEW YORK (AP) -- Adult coloring books are giving Harper Lee a run for the money on best-seller lists this summer.

Dover Publications has sold more than 3 million adult coloring books with titles like "Flower Fashion Fantasies." Quarto Publishing will have 1.3 million in print this year ranging from mandalas to fairies. "Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt," by one of the genre's most popular illustrators, Johanna Basford, remains a top seller on Amazon two years after its initial publication.

In fact, adult coloring books occupied as many of eight of the top 20 slots in a spot-check of Amazon's best-seller list this week, including "Creative Cats" and "Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns."

"We cannot print them fast enough," said Amy Yodanis, Quarto's head of marketing. "We are getting orders of 60,000 at one time from some of our biggest retailers."

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: art; dover; hobbies; leisure
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I have to admit, I looked at some of these... specifically the historical fashion ones and they were kind of cool. I loved coloring when I was a kid. My husband laughed at me. LOL

I look at it this way, there are worse ways to "relax".

1 posted on 07/15/2015 9:30:47 AM PDT by grimalkin
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To: grimalkin

Why should kids get all the fun. There is something relaxing about coloring in a coloring book.


2 posted on 07/15/2015 9:32:46 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: grimalkin

I like Zentangle....but, I create my own patterns....it is relaxing....too bad I hardly ever take time to do it!!!


3 posted on 07/15/2015 9:33:53 AM PDT by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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To: grimalkin

I got a new printer last month and my daughter tells me what she wants to color.

I haven’t printed anything else yet.


4 posted on 07/15/2015 9:36:25 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: grimalkin
I bought my 6 year old son a Senator Ted Cruz coloring book on amazon, but after it arrived I like it to much to give it to him. I kept it for myself.


5 posted on 07/15/2015 9:36:27 AM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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Buy another. :-)


6 posted on 07/15/2015 9:39:04 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: grimalkin

But don’t you run out of “flesh” colored crayon in a hurry?


7 posted on 07/15/2015 9:39:13 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: grimalkin
I have to admit I had a completely different thought when I read, "Adult coloring book".

;)

8 posted on 07/15/2015 9:40:33 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grimalkin

When I was a kid, I clearly remember a set of detailed coloring books that were famous paintings of the revolutionary war. Several times over the years I have wondered about where I could get those. I think I may have to search again.


9 posted on 07/15/2015 9:43:50 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: grimalkin

Adults acting like children.

And they vote.


10 posted on 07/15/2015 9:43:57 AM PDT by Duckdog (Can we rewind back to the 1980s?)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Buy another. :-)

Yeah for the wife, Ive seen her eyeballing my book.
Maybe a third one for the boy.

11 posted on 07/15/2015 9:45:35 AM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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To: grimalkin

Just make sure you don’t color over the lines. =)

I bet Obama has coloring books =)


12 posted on 07/15/2015 9:46:59 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: grimalkin

I take it that some of these are supplied for the ‘safe rooms’ at college for the vaporous liberals to retreat to when an EVIL Conservative INVADES their space. Play nice and color WITHIN the lines and don’t quarrel over the crayons.


13 posted on 07/15/2015 9:51:06 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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But don’t you run out of “flesh” colored crayon in a hurry?
Nah, I use all the shades of brown, then when I am done, I throw the book on the other side of my fence. Makes me feel better....
14 posted on 07/15/2015 10:00:43 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I love my dogs, but a .45 is man's best friend...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

LoL. My son has hundreds of these - he liked a site called “DragoArt” because they had contemporary figures from gaming, etc., so they were like toys to him after he colored and cut them out.

Then he discovered 3-d printable “foldables” online.... Fun!


15 posted on 07/15/2015 10:15:28 AM PDT by agrarianlady
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Did you ever encounter the series that had panes of colored stamps illustrating the various themes offered. Antique cars, airplanes, historical events etc.

Each page had text and a line drawing, but not the same as the colored stamp. You had to read the text to locate the proper stamp to paste and color in the line drawing.

Loved those soft cover books.


16 posted on 07/15/2015 10:21:54 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who 4refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: grimalkin

I was about to comment that the “Paint by numbers crowd” must haved missed the items, but a quick search indicates that they are still available and have a stout following.

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But you can hang the “painting” not so much the coloring book page.


17 posted on 07/15/2015 10:28:47 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who 4refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: agrarianlady

I will look into the foldables, thanks!


18 posted on 07/15/2015 10:59:38 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Building a 7’ tall Tesla coil is WAY more fun.


19 posted on 07/15/2015 1:08:03 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DPHeMMoip0


20 posted on 07/15/2015 1:11:28 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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