- Mary Trump’s book on Donald Trump has sold more than 1.3 million copies during its first week of release.
- That number probably puts him ahead of lifetime sales of Trump’s 1987 book “Art of the Deal,” which reportedly sold 1.1 million copies as of 2016.
- The Trump family tried and failed to prevent the release of the Mary Trump book, saying it was under a confidentiality agreement.
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During its first week, Mary Trump’s tell-tale book about her uncle, Donald Trump, has sold more than 1.3 million copies in all formats, publisher Simon & Schuster said in a statement.
“Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” talks about the Trump family as a whole, and Mary Trump writes about how the president’s childhood and parents led him to be the divisive leader he is today .
The book makes a series of shocking claims, including the fact that Donald Trump cheated on his SAT by having someone else take the test.
The book will receive a 17th print due to high demand, bringing the total hardcover copy to 1.35 million. The Los Angeles Times reported that the book set a first-day sales record for Simon & Schuster.
This hardcover book has probably performed better in hardcover sales than Donald Trump’s most popular book “Trump: The Art of the Deal”.
Trump has claimed that book is “the best-selling trade book of all time.”
As of 2016, the book has sold 1.1 million copies since its launch in 1987, CBS News reported, citing a source familiar with the book’s sales.
Donald Trump’s brother tried to ban publication of the book, arguing it was an “attempt to sensationalize and mischaracterize our family,” a person familiar with the matter told The New York Times.
It’s not uncommon for the revealing books on the Trump administration to have strong sales in the first week.
“The Room Where It Happened” – the memoirs of former National Security Adviser John Bolton – sold 780,000 copies in its first week in production.
