Industry Statistics

The AAP released monthly StatShot data for September, and in turn the first three quarters of the year, showing a business that was between flat and down somewhat — unless you compare it to how we thought the industry was doing a year ago, in which case there is some improvement. As we explained at the halfway mark, the problem is that the AAP has significantly revised upwards their final counts for the 2016 data. That makes it very hard to talk about comparisons with any confidence. What the current report shows is net trade sales for the first three […]

As the supply chain catches up to demand for Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY, print sales recorded by Bookscan continue to mount. In the second full week on sale, the hardcover moved 324,000 copies — well ahead of the approximately 192,000 copies sold to consumers in the prior week. We asked publisher Henry Holt for an update on their reprints and shipments, which they said would be forthcoming soon. (Update: Later Wednesday morning, Holt said in an announcement that they have sold 1.7 million copies across all formats. There are now 1.5 million hardcovers in print after 22 printings.) Ingram’s […]

NPD Bookscan updated their book sales tracking on Wednesday, showing sales for the hardcover edition of Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY through Saturday, January 13, for the book’s first full week of sales. They recorded sales to consumers of just under 192,000 hardcovers for the week, after recording sales of close to 29,000 copies in the first two days on sale the prior week. Publisher Henry Holt was still rushing to print and ship inventory to accounts during the week to catch up with demand. Holt had reported late last Thursday, January 11, that they “will have shipped” 700,000 copies, with […]

Putting exact parameters on sales to date of FIRE AND FURY remains a moving target. In the latest updates, Macmillan ceo John Sargent indicated to the AP that ebook sales are over 250,000 units (and stays with the previous indication that the digital audio has sold over 100,000 units). The WSJ reports that Sargent “confirmed that a million copies had been sold by the close of business on Monday, including e-books, audiobooks and hardcover editions that have been sold or are on order from consumers.” That would mean something on the order of 650,000 hardcovers sold through or backordered by […]