Doubleday reports to us that Dan Brown's INFERNO sold 1 million units in the US and Canada in its first five days on sale, through Saturday, in print and ebook sales combined. The company did not break out the distribution between formats, but the Nielsen Bookscan count would indicate that…
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Ferriss Falls Short of Sales Goal So Far, Behind Garten (and Others)
Despite his well-covered persecution publicity pitch, it looks as if Tim Ferriss will come up short of his proclaimed goal for THE FOUR-HOUR CHEF of "hit[ting] #1 on BookScan to send a message to the incumbent world of publishing, to those who want everything to remain in the 1900's." For…
Rowling Print Sales Are Similar In the US and UK
In its first week on sale, JK Rowling's highly-anticipated THE CASUAL VACANCY sold approximately 157,000 printed copies in the US in the sales outlets tracked by Nielsen Bookscan. In the UK, where Nielsen Bookscan tracks nearly the entire print sales landscape, they counted sales of roughly 125,000 copies in the…
Publisher Puts Rowling Opening Sales At 375k
In a brief statement Wednesday, Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch said, "The Casual Vacancy has exceeded our expectations in its first six days in stores, selling 375,000 copies in all formats. We believe it is on track to become the year's bestselling novel in hardcover." Nielsen Bookscan tracked sales of…
Sales After Oprah Endorsement Are Good, But Are They Wild?
The launch of Oprah's Book Club 2.0 on May 30 with the selection of Cheryl Strayed's WILD--and national media attention for Oprah's return to book recommendations--has boosted the book's profile and sales for certain. But will the cable + online Oprah profile come anywhere close to the impact of her…
Paolini Sales Nearly 500k; Isaacson Sells A Lot
Random House Children's reports another very strong opening day for Christopher Paolini, with INHERITANCE selling 489,500 units yesterday (including print, ebook and audio editions), it's first day on sale. The publisher says "hardcovers dominated the opening-day sell-through, with an 83/17 percent print to digital split." Paolini's BRISINGR sold approximately 550,000…
Briefs: Opening Week Sales for STEVE JOBS; The Numbers on Amazon Publishing; and More
Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs sold more than 382,000 print copies in its first week on sale in the US, with an additional 37,244 copies sold in the UK, according to Bookscan numbers obtained by the Bookseller. The numbers make STEVE JOBS the 18th bestselling book of the year…
Strong Start for O'Reilly's Lincoln Book
Holt is celebrating strong first-day sales for Bill O'Reilly's KILLING LINCOLN, a departure for the television host and his first book for the house, reuniting with his publisher from Random House, Steve Rubin. The publisher says the opening day sales alone were in excess of O'Reilly's first-week sales on his…
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