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Obama boom in publishing industry |
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By: Agencies |
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Date:
2008-11-14 |
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Place: New York |
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Between the books already out there and those signed up for the future, it's boom time for President-elect Barack Obama in the publishing world.
According to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks about 70 per cent of the sales in US, more than 1 lakh copies of his books sold between November 3-9, including 50,000 copies each of The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father and 19,000 copies of Change We Can Believe In, a collection of speeches and policy papers.
In demand
Bids on eBay for a signed first edition of The Audacity of Hope have topped $1,000.
Meanwhile, publishers are grabbing up new books about Obama. According to the industry sources, at least seven Obama-related projects have been agreed upon since the election. They include If We Can Put a Man on the Moon and Renegade: The Education of Barack Obama. |
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