Sales of Boris Johnson’s memoir slump by 62% in second week

Former prime minister’s heavily promoted book, Unleashed, just hung on to No 1 bestseller spot in UKSales of Boris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, have slumped by 62% in its second week since publication.The heavily marketed tome, promoted in a prolonged media round by the former prime minister in recent weeks, only just managed to cling on to the No 1 spot in the official UK Top 50 this week, selling 133 more copies than Tim Spector’s The Food for Life, according to Nielsen Bookscan’s Total Consumer Market data. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-24 14:17:36 UTC ]
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