A Major Film Studio Announced the Release Date of a Movie Based on a Novel That was a Bestseller When It was First Published But That has been Out of Print for Nearly Fifteen Years.

Question: A major film studio announced the release date of a movie based on a novel that was a bestseller when it was first published but that has been out of print for nearly fifteen years. Hoping to capitalize on the anticipated success of the movie, the publisher who owns the copyright on the novel plans to print a new edition that will be released the same week the film premieres.

Each of the following, if true, supports the soundness of the publisher’s plan to capitalize on the success of the film EXCEPT:

(A) Books with the words "now a major motion picture" printed on the cover generally sell better than books without those words printed on the cover.
(B) Twenty years ago, the publisher created a limited edition of the novel, consisting of 5,000 copies each personally signed by the now-deceased author, and all 5,000 copies were sold in less than 6 months after the books were printed.
(C) Multiple novels by the same author experienced a brief spike in sales after major film studios released movies based on those novels.
(D) Existing copies of the novel are hard to find and are often sold for prices up to 10 times higher than the price at which the publisher plans to sell copies of the new edition.
(E) Many of the trailer advertisements for the new movie will state the name and author of the bestselling novel on which the movie is based.

“A major film studio announced the release date of a movie based on a novel that was a bestseller when it was first published but that has been out of print for nearly fifteen years.” -this is a GMAT Critical reasoning question. This particular GMAT Critical Reasoning topic has been taken from the book ‘GMAT Prep Plus 2021’. In this particular topic, candidates need to choose the option that best suits the passage. GMAT critical reasoning tests the logical and analytical skills of the candidates. Critical reasoning in GMAT requires candidates to find the strengths and weaknesses of the argument, or find the logical flaw in the argument. The GMAT CR section contains 10 -13 GMAT critical reasoning questions out of 36 GMAT verbal questions.

Answer: B

Explanation:

A GMAT Critical Reasoning section tests the reasoning skills along with the candidate's logical and analytical thinking abilities. The candidate has to deduce the correct option by finding the logically correct argument.

The statement states - A major film studio announced the release date of a movie based on a novel that was a bestseller when it was first published but that has been out of print for nearly fifteen years. Hoping to capitalize on the anticipated success of the movie, the publisher who owns the copyright on the novel plans to print a new edition that will be released the same week the film premieres.

Each of the following, if true, supports the soundness of the publisher’s plan to capitalize on the success of the film EXCEPT:

1. This will definitely boost the sales of the new novel. This is not the correct option.
2. This option doesn't talk about the current scenario. It only tells us that the book had really good sales and the same can be inferred from the passage as well. Hence this is correct option.
3. This option relates the success of the sale of novels to the success of movie. This is not the correct option
4. If people are dying to buy books at 10 times the price, then the author will be benefited from the publishing of the novel.
5. This shows that the author will become famous and thus it will be beneficial for the author to write another novel.

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