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To: dsutah; DrDeb; STARWISE; All
Interestingly enough, GWB’s book was totally GONE from our local Smith’s today...

President Bush's memoir, Decision Points, is still the #1 non-fiction book in the nation for the reporting week ending 12/19/10. It tops both The New York Times and Amazon.com non-fiction books lists for the fourth week in a row. In fact, it's still #1 overall on Amazon.

Just for contrast, Sarah Palin's book, America By Heart, opened at #2 on the NYT list last week and has fallen to #5 this week. It is #41 overall on Amazon.

I have been unable to find recent sales figures for Decision Points, but Random House had an initial print run of 1.5 million copies and raised that to 1.85 million within a week of the book's release. Now, four weeks into it's release and with Christmas buying season in full swing, the book is likely to go over 2 million in sales fairly soon. In this economy, that's amazing.

1,010 posted on 12/13/2010 5:17:58 PM PST by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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To: dsutah; DrDeb; STARWISE; All

Just wanted to add for further contrast that Bill Clinton’s memoir, My Life, has sold about 2.2 million copies since its 2004 publication. GWB’s book will hit 2 million in months, not the six years it’s taken Bubba’s book. :)


1,011 posted on 12/13/2010 5:23:11 PM PST by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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