WASHINGTON: Former President Barack Obama“A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the United States and Canada in its first 24 hours, making it the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history.
Day one sales, a record for Penguin Random House, include pre-orders, e-books and audio.
According to the editor’s information shared by the New York Times, Michelle Obama“Becoming,” released two years ago, has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Obama’s two previous books “Dreams From My Father”, originally from 1995, and his 2006 political manifesto “The Audacity of Hope” sold 3.3 million and 4.3 million copies, respectively, indicating what may have convinced Penguin. Random House to offer the Obamas one of the largest book deals in history.
As the chart below shows, the $ 65 million deal that the former first couple signed in 2017 stands as the largest publicly known non-fiction book deal by far. Bill clintonThe $ 15 million advance for “My Life” is the second largest known deal while Hillary clinton He rounded off the top 3 with the $ 14 million he earned for “Hard Choices.”
Day one sales, a record for Penguin Random House, include pre-orders, e-books and audio.
According to the editor’s information shared by the New York Times, Michelle Obama“Becoming,” released two years ago, has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. Obama’s two previous books “Dreams From My Father”, originally from 1995, and his 2006 political manifesto “The Audacity of Hope” sold 3.3 million and 4.3 million copies, respectively, indicating what may have convinced Penguin. Random House to offer the Obamas one of the largest book deals in history.
As the chart below shows, the $ 65 million deal that the former first couple signed in 2017 stands as the largest publicly known non-fiction book deal by far. Bill clintonThe $ 15 million advance for “My Life” is the second largest known deal while Hillary clinton He rounded off the top 3 with the $ 14 million he earned for “Hard Choices.”
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