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Neil Gaiman鈥檚 new book 鈥淭he Ocean at the End of the Lane鈥� has already brought blockbuster sales to one Massachusetts bookstore.聽

鈥淥cean,鈥� which is due to be released June 18, follows an artist who comes back to his family鈥檚 home in England and remembers the events of many years ago which almost tore apart him and his family.

Gaiman, who is currently living in Cambridge, Mass., granted permission for only two booksellers to receive pre-orders of signed copies of his book: Barnes & Noble and the bookstore Porter Square Books, which is located in Cambridge.

And for Porter Square Books, the pre-orders alone have equaled more books sold than for any title co-owner Dale Szczeblowski has ever seen.

鈥淲e鈥檝e never handled anything on this scale,鈥� Szczeblowski told the Boston Herald. 鈥淲e鈥檝e never sold that many copies of any book in any place I鈥檝e ever worked, and I鈥檝e been in the business 30 years.鈥�

Szczeblowski told the Herald that the store had sold 4,500 copies of the book so far.

鈥淚t鈥檚 better than Christmas,鈥� he said.

The book was also recently named as one of the best titles of the summer by British newspaper The Guardian.

As noted by the Herald, Gaiman has been promoting the fact that signed copies of the book are available through Porter Square Books through his Twitter account for several months.聽

鈥淩eminder: US only,鈥� the author tweeted on May 25. 鈥淵ou can order SIGNED copies of OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE via @PorterSqBooks.鈥�