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Bush Sells 775,000 Copies In First Week On Sale

November 16, 2010
By Michael Cader

Crown says that they have recorded sales of 775,000 copies for former President George Bush’s DECISION POINTS in its first week on sale in all editions, including ebooks, audio and export editions. As was the case with the opening-day sale, they say it’s the largest first-week sale for any nonfiction title published by Random House, Inc. since former President Bill Clinton’s book in 2004. eBooks comprised “more than 100,000 copies, or approximately 14 percent of all units” sold (and at least 50,000 ebooks were sold the first day by the company’s prior report). Crown says they have reprinted another 350,000 […]

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