On Wednesday afternoon Penguin Random House said that former First Lady Michelle Obama’s BECOMING sold more than 1.4 million units in all formats in the US and Canada during the first week on sale. Previously they reported opening-day sales of 725,000 units, indicating strong continuing sales through the week. NPD Bookscan tracked sales of almost 698,000 hardcovers for Becoming in the opening week. In September, Bob Woodward’s Fear sold more than 1.1 million units its opening week according to publisher Simon & Schuster. Crown notes that Obama’s book has gone back to press in the UK, for a total of […]
Opening Sales
Obama’s Becoming Sells Over 725,000 Units On First Day
Crown reported Friday afternoon that former First Lady Michelle Obama’s BECOMING sold more than 725,000 units in all formats and editions in the US and Canada (including pre-orders) on the first day of its publication, November 13. As previously reported, they initially printed 1.8 million hardcovers for North America, and now the company says it has gone back to press for another 800,000 hardcover.
Revised Count Has Woodward’s FEAR Selling 900,000 Units on First Day
Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that Bob Woodward’s FEAR: Trump in the White House sold a total of more than 1,100,000 units in all formats its first week on sale, inclusive of consumer orders “that are as yet unfulfilled due to extraordinary demand.” The company revised its count of opening day sales as well, now saying they sold 900,000 units (rather than the 750,000 units first announced), “attributable to delayed reporting of the ebook and digital audio editions.” Bookscan registers approximately 343,000 hardcovers sold in the same period through the outlets that they track. The first week sale ranks as “the largest […]
Strong Opening Demand for Woodward’s FEAR
On Monday Simon & Schuster said they had gone back to press six times for one million hardcover copies of Bob Woodward’s FEAR about of Tuesday’s release, but inventory already looks tight after a strong first day on sale. Barnes & Noble reports that the book recorded the fastest sales for an adult title for them since the big release of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman in July 2015. (That book has held the chain’s record for the biggest one-day sale for an adult trade book.) Senior director of merchandising at Barnes & Noble Liz Harwell said Wednesday, “Fear […]
Author News
Opening Sales Omarosa Manigault Newman‘s UNHINGED sold over 33,000 hardcovers in its first week on sale through outlets tracked by Bookscan — making it the No. 2 hardcover nonfiction book for the week, well behind Rachel Hollis’s still strong GIRL,WASH YOUR FACE, published in February and ahead of Gregg Jarrett’s The Russia Hoax (which sold more than twice as many hardcovers in its opening week at the end of July). Gallery Books comments, “We’re delighted that readers have responded enthusiastically to UNHINGED. It is selling well in all formats — print, ebook and audio. Omarosa continues to promote the book and […]
Briefs
Laura Brown has joined Park Row Books as editor, moving over from the Harper imprint. Opening Sales THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson sold approximately 152,000 hardcovers in the first week on sale, as tracked by Bookscan through the outlets they monitor. The co-publishers trumpet it as the best first week sale for a work of adult hardcover fiction since two years ago. Hachette Book Group ceo Michael Pietsch says in the release, “By any measure, this was a terrific opening week of sales, one that exceeded even our own optimistic projections.” Knopf Doubleday chairman Sonny […]