Author records big year for book sales

The richest Chinese writer reaped 19.5 million yuan ($3.14 million) of royalty gains in 2014, according to the latest China Writers Rich List.

Fifty Chinese writers have gained more than 1 million yuan in royalties from their works in print, according to the list, revealed in Chengdu, Sichuan province, over the weekend.

Among them, the country's Nobel laureate, Mo Yan, ranked 13th with 6.5 million yuan. Established writers like Yu Hua and Jia Pingwa took 33rd with 2.65 million yuan and 47th with 1.5 million yuan.