Editing Goosebumps (section)

===Achievements===
{{See also|List of best-selling books}}
{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="The first 27 paperback [[backlist]] titles on our list are all Goosebumps. The [[phenomenon]] is even more astounding when the sales figures are added up. Scholastic sold 19,125,700 copies of Goosebumps frontlist titles in 1995, and 12,906,800 backlist titles, for a grand total of 32,032,500 copies sold".|source=—Diane Roback, an editor for ''Publishers Weekly''{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=64}}
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Following the release of the first novel in the series, the books quickly became popular, selling a million copies a month soon after they first appeared,<ref name="characters"/> and four million copies a month by the mid-1990s.<ref name="mid 90s">{{cite news |last=Dugan |first=Jeanne |title= Goosebumps: The Thing That Ate The Kids' Market |work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date=November 3, 1996 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-11-03/goosebumps-the-thing-that-ate-the-kids-market |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823063319/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-11-03/goosebumps-the-thing-that-ate-the-kids-market |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2010 }}</ref> Individual ''Goosebumps'' books appeared in the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for children<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Tabor |first=Mary B. W. |title=At Home With: R. L. Stine; Grown-Ups Deserve Some Terror, Too |work=The New York Times |date=September 7, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/07/garden/at-home-with-r-l-stine-grown-ups-deserve-some-terror-too.html?src=pm |access-date=December 25, 2010 }}</ref> and the ''[[USA Today]]'' bestseller list.<ref name="welcome dead">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Dead House |work=[[USA Today]] |url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/rl-stine-welcome-to-dead-house/l21398 |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="cheese">{{Cite web |title=Say Cheese and Die! |work=USA Today |url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/rl-stine-say-cheese-and-die/l17772 |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}</ref> In 2001, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' listed 46 books in the series in its list of bestselling children's paperback books of all time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Turvey |first=Debbie Hochman |editor1-last=Roback |editor1-first=Diane |editor2-last=Britton |editor2-first=Jason |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html |title=All-Time Bestselling Children's Books |date=December 17, 2001 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}</ref> ''Goosebumps'' was a bestseller in many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=51}}

In 1996, the book series accounted for almost 15% of Scholastic's annual revenue. Following the decline of ''Goosebumps'' sales next year, Scholastic's sales had dropped 40%.<ref name="plunge">{{cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |title=Real Goose Bumps for Scholastic As Its Share Price Plunges 40% |work=The New York Times |date=February 22, 1997 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/22/business/real-goose-bumps-for-scholastic-as-its-share-price-plunges-40.html |access-date=January 10, 2011 }}</ref> The decline in ''Goosebumps'' book sales had made front-page news of most newspaper business sections, which Patrick Jones stated "demonstrates the impact and importance of R. L. Stine. One writer, it seems, influences the fate of an entire company".{{sfn|Jones|1998|pp=xx–xxi}}

As of 2008, the ''Goosebumps'' series maintains an 82% brand awareness among children 7–12.<ref name="media awareness">{{Cite news|title=Scholastic Media Readies Licensing Program for Global Children's Franchise Goosebumps |publisher=Scholastic |date=May 19, 2008 |url=http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05192008_rt.htm |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230012056/http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05192008_rt.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It is listed as the number two bestselling children's book series of all time<ref name="bestselling">{{cite news |last=White |first=Michael |title= Sony Acquires Movie Rights to 'Goosebumps' Children's Books |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=May 15, 2008 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ac2mPyMaeXrc |access-date=January 2, 2011 }}</ref> and as Scholastic's bestselling children's book series of all time.{{sfn|Gunelius|2008|p=58}} By 2014, according to Scholastic, there were 350 million copies of ''Goosebumps'' books sold in 32 languages,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Goosebumps™ Television Series Arrives on iTunes Across Canada, the UK and Australia |publisher=Scholastic |date=May 27, 2014 |url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/goosebumps-television-series-arrives-itunes-across-canada-uk-and-australia |access-date=May 28, 2014 }}</ref> including [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<!--Do not include any more languages without adding a citation to back it up-->{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=51}} As of 2008, the book series sells about two million copies annually.<ref name="Waricha"/>

Three books from the ''Goosebumps'' series have won the [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] for Favorite Book: ''Deep Trouble'' in 1995 (the award category's first year),<ref name="book12">{{Cite web |title=KCA: Fun Facts |publisher=[[Nickelodeon]] |date=March 12, 2007 |url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804105419/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> the book ''Tales to Give You Goosebumps'' in 1996,<ref name="choice awards">{{cite news |last= Hettrick |first=Scott |title=Olsen Twins Winners at Kid's Choice |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |date=May 15, 1996 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E50C26D8DB0B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=December 31, 2010 }} {{subscription required|s}}</ref> and ''[[Deep Trouble II]]'' in 1998.<ref name="favebook">{{cite news |title='Titanic' Tops at Kids' Choice Awards. |publisher=Associated Press |work=[[TheFreeLibrary.com]] |year=1998 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60TITANIC%27+TOPS+AT+KIDS%27+CHOICE+AWARDS.-a083817493 |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718130946/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60TITANIC%27+TOPS+AT+KIDS%27+CHOICE+AWARDS.-a083817493 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2000, the series was ranked as the number two children's books by the [[National Education Association]], as chosen by children.<ref name="children">{{cite news |first=Karen |last=MacPherson |title=Read Across America plans readings of Dr. Seuss books |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=February 29, 2000 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TPVRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6885,5662672 |access-date=January 2, 2011 }}</ref> In 2003, ''Goosebumps'' was listed at number 188 on the BBC's [[The Big Read]] poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels".<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200_2.shtml "BBC – The Big Read"]. BBC. April 2003, Retrieved August 28, 2017</ref>