# Twilight (novel)

> Little, Brown reported 5.7 million standard Twilight paperbacks sold in 2008.

- Owner: Stephenie Meyer; Little, Brown (publisher)
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Media & publishing
- Seed date: 2005-10-05
- Milestone date: By end of 2008
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 43 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Fandom mobilisation, Identity badge, Platform jump, Press loop, Maker origin

## Summary

Twilight reached fan fiction, MySpace pages and reader-run reference sites after publication. A film adaptation added a planned marketing push. Little, Brown reported 5.7 million standard paperbacks sold in its film year; the peak anchor is that sales milestone.

## Timeline

- 2005-10-05 — Stephenie Meyer / Little, Brown (Retail) — Little, Brown published Twilight, a romance between Bella Swan and the vampire Edward Cullen.
- 2005-10-07 — Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Press) — The Seattle P-I profiled Meyer during her first book tour and described her dream-to-publication story.
- 2006-03-06 — Alphie and Pel (Twilight Lexicon) (Open web) — Alphie and Pel launched the Twilight Lexicon after fan fiction led Alphie to correspond with Meyer.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Twilight (novel).” Case HIS-01291. Spread Score v1.2: 43/100. Updated 2026-10-22. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01291