David Cameron's memoir fails to top Tony Blair’s in first week sales

For the Record, the former PM’s account of his time in office sold close to 21,000 copies in its first week, behind Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, which topped 100,000Almost 21,000 people rushed out to buy a copy of David Cameron’s memoir in its first week on sale, placing it second on the latest book charts to Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments and, historically, behind Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair for the title of fastest-selling political memoir by a former prime minister.Published on last Tuesday, For the Record had sold 20,792 copies by Saturday, according to figures just released by official book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan. When Blair’s A Journey was published in 2010 – amid cancellation of launch events over protests from anti-war campaigners – it sold 92,060 copies in its first four days on sale. At the time, this made it the fastest-selling autobiography since Nielsen began to track book sales in 1998. Related: For the Record: David Cameron's memoir is honest but still wrong Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-09-24 14:00:06 UTC ]

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Pinter & Martin scoops NHS midwife memoir

Pinter & Martin is to publish Overdue: Birth, Burnout and a Blueprint for a Better NHS by midwife Amity Reed.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Trump administration’s terrible record on coronavirus data

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Panel Mania: ‘Spellbound’

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A third of bookshop customers unsure about returning, Nielsen finds

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Christopher Dickey, Longtime Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 68

Mr. Dickey reported from war zones and published seven books, including a memoir about growing up with his famous father. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Deals: Week of July 20, 2020

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Mary Trump's memoir sells 950,000 on first day, setting a record for publisher

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Coronavirus Impact: Nielsen Book India on Readers in the Pandemic

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Colin Jost has a new memoir — and some thoughts on the end of his SNL run

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After Network Backlash, Nielsen Reverses Course on Delaying National OOH Measurement

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