Complex sentence: The book was first published in 2001 and 58,000 copies were sold out in record time, and only the pirated publication of a further 150,000 copies was able to satisfy demand.
Split into simpler sentences: The book was first published in 2001 and 58,000 copies were sold out in record time. Only the pirated publication of a further 150,000 copies was able to satisfy demand.