Publishers Weekly, 11/25/2009
With all the interest in just how well Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue has done since it was released November 17, HarperCollins has confirmed reports that the book sold 700,000 copies in its first week on sale.
Nielsen BookScan reported this morning that units sold through stores that report figures to its service sold 469,000 copies.
BookScan estimates that it covers about 75% of book sales and one outlet that does not report to the company is Wal Mart which used Rogue has one of its loss leaders which no doubt drove sales at the chain.
HC has 2.5 million copies of Rogue in print after nine trips to press.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6708998.html?q=palin
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The Plum LineGreg Sargent’s blog
Palin’s Book Sales Cross The Million Mark
The second-week sales figures are in, and Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, has now sold over a million copies, HarperCollins spokesperson Tina Andreadis confirms to me.
Palin’s book first went on sale on November 17th, two weeks ago today, and racked up over 700,000 in its first week; it’s now hit the million milestone.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/palins-book-sales-cross-the-million-mark/
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As a contrast:
*snip*
“St. Martin’s will print 200,000 copies of Romney’s book, far less than HarperCollins’s 1.5 million-copy first printing of Palin’s “Going Rogue,’’ which reportedly sold 1 million copies within its first two weeks. Romney has not disclosed the amount of his advance, but a spokesman says he will contribute his earnings to a charity he has yet to name.”
Thanks. I know her book sales are well past the million mark.