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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,920 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 08:56 PM Nov 2020

Obama sold record-breaking 1.7 million copies of memoir in first week

Source: The Hill

Penguin Random House announced on Tuesday that former President Obama's memoir "A Promised Land" had sold more than 1.7 million copies in its first week.

According to a press release from Penguin, Obama's memoir sold 887,000 in all formats in the U.S. and Canada on its first day making it the best selling book in the publisher's history. It also had the highest first-week sales of any of Penguin Random House's publications.

"A Promised Land" was released globally on Nov. 17 by Crown Publishing, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House. It was published in 20 languages with six more languages to come. It is currently the number one bestselling book in the U.K.

Obama's memoir beat the first day sales of Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming," which sold 750,000 on its first day. Without releasing a paperback edition, "Becoming" has since sold over 10 million copies.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-sold-record-breaking-17-million-copies-of-memoir-in-first-week/ar-BB1bkeur?li=BBnb7Kz

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Obama sold record-breaking 1.7 million copies of memoir in first week (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Just started reading it. BarbD Nov 2020 #1
Both of which have vastly outsold The Art of the Deal ... fierywoman Nov 2020 #2
Sucks to be tRump Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5
... The Biggliest Loser ... fierywoman Nov 2020 #6
Bwah! (not unexpected) : ) electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #8
Way more sales than Trump's inauguration crowd bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #3
Walked by a display at Target just the other day underpants Nov 2020 #4
I bought it today at Target. nclib Nov 2020 #7
I'll have to a hold on my library's future e-book! : ) electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #9
Psst, donnie - THANKS OBAMA!!!! George II Nov 2020 #10
We're buying two on payday. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #11
❤️✿❧🌿❧✿❤️ Lucinda Nov 2020 #12
He was on with Colbert tonight. Here's the video for those who missed it: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #13
I bet that this pisses off trump Gothmog Nov 2020 #14
My copy was delivered to my iPad just after midnight on Nov. 17th BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #15

underpants

(182,769 posts)
4. Walked by a display at Target just the other day
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:30 PM
Nov 2020

I need to get that book and I’m not much of a book reader. Looks really interesting.

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