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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 07:36 PM Nov 2018

Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming breaks sales record in 15 days

Source: BBC

Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming breaks sales record in 15 days

30 November 2018

Former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming has become the best-selling book released this year in the US just 15 days after publication.

It has sold more than two million copies in the US and Canada, according to NPD BookScan data.

The sales figures were announced by Penguin Random House on Friday.

The publisher says the book is also a bestseller in many other countries including Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Korea and South Africa.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46407734


Mrs Obama's book Becoming is available in 31 languages and is a bestseller in several countries
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Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming breaks sales record in 15 days (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2018 OP
Someone should tweet this to Donald Trump gratuitous Nov 2018 #1
Knowing Trump, he's probably never read "Art of the Deal", since we know he doesn't like to read. politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2018 #3
Pailin and Coulter publish books ... lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #2
Last Saturday I went with my daughter to an upscale Thrift Store that was having a half-off sale. politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2018 #4
I'm a happy dance! lunatica Nov 2018 #5
That is because she is awesome! McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Someone should tweet this to Donald Trump
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 07:42 PM
Nov 2018

Everyone knows how much he appreciates other people's success, especially when they sell more books in two weeks than "Art of the Deal" has sold since its first publication decades ago.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
3. Knowing Trump, he's probably never read "Art of the Deal", since we know he doesn't like to read.
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 07:56 PM
Nov 2018

My guess is that he only read the royalty checks as he was depositing them in the bank.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
2. Pailin and Coulter publish books ...
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 07:50 PM
Nov 2018


and right away they go to the clearance rack at the Dollar Store.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
4. Last Saturday I went with my daughter to an upscale Thrift Store that was having a half-off sale.
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 08:06 PM
Nov 2018

Omarosa's book "Unhinged" was for sale in the book section asking price $2.00. I got it for a buck. I justified the purchase since all the proceeds went to an animal rescue charity.

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