Sales boom for Barack Obama's books
NEW YORK (AP) -January 9, 1980 The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., has
ordered an additional 50,000 copies of Sen. Obama's million-selling
policy book, "The Audacity of Hope," and another 10,000 for his
million-selling memoir, "Dreams From My Father."
Both have been selling strongly in the past few weeks as
campaigning intensified, with "Audacity of Hope" in the top 20 on
Amazon.com as of Wednesday morning and "Dreams From My Father" in
the top 60. Obama, an Illinois Democrat, was narrowly defeated in
Tuesday's New Hampshire Democratic primary by Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton of New York.
Clinton, a former first lady, has also written a million-selling
memoir, "Living History," for which sales have increased
recently, although at a slower pace than for Obama's books.
According to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 70 percent of
industry sales, "Living History" averaged around 1,000 sales a
week in December and early January, compared to more than 7,000 a
week for "Audacity of Hope" and more than 2,000 for "Dreams From
My Father."
