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Booksellers in DC say foreign embassies are the biggest bulk buyer of Woodward's "Fear."
Booksellers in DC say foreign embassies are the biggest bulk buyer of Woodward’s “Fear.”
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Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear’ sold 750,000 copies by the close of its first day
By Ron Charles
September 11
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Local bookstores in the Washington area have seen strong sales of “Fear,” though no signs of Harry Potter-level panic among buyers.
Politics and Prose had 500 copies on hand, 300 of which were already claimed as pre-orders. Co-owner Bradley Graham said the store sold another 60 copies Tuesday morning. This being Washington, some buyers bought multiple copies. “The largest bulk purchases went to foreign embassies,” Graham said. “One embassy paid for 13. Another bought four.” Graham also noted that demand for Woodward’s upcoming book talk has been intense. The entire venue of several hundred tickets “sold out in seconds last week.” That event has been moved to George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on Sept. 27. Additional tickets will go on sale later this week.
Ironically, while you can’t get a hard copy of “Fear” from Amazon.com, you can still pick one up at the bricks-and-mortar Amazon store in Georgetown. The manager there declined to say how many copies he had ordered.
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Ron Charles writes about books for The Washington Post and hosts TotallyHipVideoBookReview.com.
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Ron Charles writes about books for The Washington Post. Before moving to Washington, he edited the books section of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. Follow https://twitter.com/intent/roncharles
Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear’ sold 750,000 copies by the close of its first day
By Ron Charles
September 11
....
Local bookstores in the Washington area have seen strong sales of “Fear,” though no signs of Harry Potter-level panic among buyers.
Politics and Prose had 500 copies on hand, 300 of which were already claimed as pre-orders. Co-owner Bradley Graham said the store sold another 60 copies Tuesday morning. This being Washington, some buyers bought multiple copies. “The largest bulk purchases went to foreign embassies,” Graham said. “One embassy paid for 13. Another bought four.” Graham also noted that demand for Woodward’s upcoming book talk has been intense. The entire venue of several hundred tickets “sold out in seconds last week.” That event has been moved to George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on Sept. 27. Additional tickets will go on sale later this week.
Ironically, while you can’t get a hard copy of “Fear” from Amazon.com, you can still pick one up at the bricks-and-mortar Amazon store in Georgetown. The manager there declined to say how many copies he had ordered.
....
Ron Charles writes about books for The Washington Post and hosts TotallyHipVideoBookReview.com.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Ron Charles writes about books for The Washington Post. Before moving to Washington, he edited the books section of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. Follow https://twitter.com/intent/roncharles
