Yes, Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You? launched at No. 1 on the NPD Bookscan bestseller list, just as it topped the list in the UK. But US hardcover sales registered just under 40,000 units — below the 46,000 hardcover sales that were tracked in the UK.
Opening Sales
Opening Sales for Rooney in the UK
After lots of anticipation and pre-orders, Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You? recorded opening week print sales in the UK of 46,000 units, making it the top-selling title for the week, according to Nielsen Bookscan UK.
Obama Sales Top 1.7 Million In First Week
Penguin Random House announced Tuesday that Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND sold 1,710,000 units in all formats in the US and Canada during the first week on sale. (As previously reported, sales of 887,000 units were recorded in pre-orders and first day sales.) For sales through Saturday, November 21 — the first five days — […]
Obama’s A Promised Land Sets PRH Opening Day Sales Record
Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND sold over than 887,000 units (including pre-orders_ in all formats and editions in the US and Canada on the first day of publication. That comprises “the largest first-day sales total for any book ever published” by the company. Two years ago, Michelle Obama’s book […]
Briefs
Further to Little, Brown Children’s report on overall sales for the debut of Stephenie Meyer’s MIDNIGHT SUN, NPD Bookscan tracked sales of almost 525,000 hardcovers in the first week on sale. That’s well ahead of the opening week hardcover sales recorded back in May for Suzanne Collins’ much-anticipated Hunger Games prequel THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS […]
Big Books: Meyer Sells Over A Million, Woodward’s RAGE
Stephenie Meyer‘s MIDNIGHT SUN sold more than 1 million units in its first week on sale, according to publisher Little, Brown Children’s. During a virtual Books-a-Million event, Meyer told fans: “There are two more books I think in the [Twlight] world that I want to write. I have got them outlined and a chapter written […]