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Opening Sales

October 20, 2022By Michael Cader

Hoover’s New Novel Sold Over 800,000 Units on Opening Day

October 20, 2022By Michael Cader

Colleen Hoover’s IT STARTS WITH US sold over 800,000 units in the US on its publication day, Tuesday, October 18, publisher Atria reported. That includes considerable pre-orders, along with sales across all major formats (print, ebooks, and digital audiobooks). Atria printed 2.5 million copies, across four printings, and said the book “was the most pre-ordered novel in Simon & Schuster history.” Update: NPD Bookscan subsequently recorded opening week sales of 809,000 hardcovers alone through the outlets that they track.

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September 16, 2021By Michael Cader

Opening Sales: Rooney In the US

September 16, 2021By Michael Cader

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.

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September 14, 2021By Michael Cader

Opening Sales for Rooney in the UK

September 14, 2021By Michael Cader

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.

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November 25, 2020By Michael Cader

Obama Sales Top 1.7 Million In First Week

November 25, 2020By Michael Cader

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 — NPD Bookscan recorded sales of 835,000 hardcovers. The US hardcover is now up to 4.3 million copies in print. In the UK and Ireland, the book sold 147,000 units in its first five days (including 59,000 audiobook units, and 80,000 hardcovers).  

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November 18, 2020By Michael Cader

Obama’s A Promised Land Sets PRH Opening Day Sales Record

November 18, 2020By Michael Cader

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 BECOMING sold over 725,000 units in its first day on sale, moving 1.4 million units in the first week on sale. In July, Simon & Schuster said they had set their own “company record” for opening day sales in the US when Mary Trump’s Too […]

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August 14, 2020By Michael Cader

Briefs

August 14, 2020By Michael Cader

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 AND SNAKES. However, though not widely reported, Collins’ book still ranks as the year’s No. 1 print release on Bookscan’s charts. In hardcover fiction, Delia Owen’s WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is next, followed by Jeanine Cummins’ AMERICAN DIRT. In new releases, Delacorte will publish civil […]

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