The year 2012 started uneventfully for the literature scene in China but ended with a bang. Mei Jia, Sun Ye and Han Bingbin review.

Just when the country's leading booksellers were complaining of the lack of super bestsellers in the year 2012, writer Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in literature win in October created sparks among readers, writers and publishers.

Sales of his works multiplied, both in print and e-publications.