Hillary's Book Sales May Be Half of Publisher's Claim - 750,000 fewer
copies than the publisher claims
Friday, Dec. 26, 2003 12:52 p.m. EST
Hillary's Book Sales May Be Half of Publisher's Claim
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's publisher, Simon & Schuster, is
claiming that her book "Living History" sold "more than 2.25 million
copies" in 2003. But Nielsen Bookscan numbers published last week
suggest that the actual sales figure for Clinton's book may be less
than half that number.
"Oh, how they laughed when Sen. Hillary Clinton sat down to write - at
the damn-fool publisher, Simon & Schuster, that ponied up an $8
million advance," mused New York Daily News book editor Sherryl
Connelly on Thursday.
"Well, S & S has done fine," Connelly declared. "So far, 'Living
History' has sold more than 2.25 million copies."
Last week, however, Nielsen Bookscan numbers cited by the Drudge
Report put Clinton's book sales at just over 1 million copies sold
[1,084,520, to be exact] - less than half of what her publisher told
the Daily News.
Bookscan captures about 70 percent to 80 percent of total sales -
tracking purchases at major outlets like Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble,
Borders and Costco, but missing other outlets like WalMart and airport
bookstores.
Still, even assuming Bookscan missed as much as 30 percent of Mrs.
Clinton's book sales, the adjusted number would bring her sales total
up to only 1.5 million copies [1,550, 863, to be exact].
That's a whopping Friday, Dec. 26, 2003 12:52 p.m. EST
Hillary's Book Sales May Be Half of Publisher's Claim
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's publisher, Simon & Schuster, is
claiming that her book "Living History" sold "more than 2.25 million
copies" in 2003. But Nielsen Bookscan numbers published last week
suggest that the actual sales figure for Clinton's book may be less
than half that number.
"Oh, how they laughed when Sen. Hillary Clinton sat down to write - at
the damn-fool publisher, Simon & Schuster, that ponied up an $8
million advance," mused New York Daily News book editor Sherryl
Connelly on Thursday.
"Well, S & S has done fine," Connelly declared. "So far, 'Living
History' has sold more than 2.25 million copies."
Last week, however, Nielsen Bookscan numbers cited by the Drudge
Report put Clinton's book sales at just over 1 million copies sold
[1,084,520, to be exact] - less than half of what her publisher told
the Daily News.
Bookscan captures about 70 percent to 80 percent of total sales -
tracking purchases at major outlets like Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble,
Borders and Costco, but missing other outlets like WalMart and airport
bookstores.
Still, even assuming Bookscan missed as much as 30 percent of Mrs.
Clinton's book sales, the adjusted number would bring her sales total
up to only 1.5 million copies [1,550, 863, to be exact].
That's a whopping 750,000 fewer copies than Mrs. Clinton's publisher
claimed to the Daily News.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/12/26/132756.shtml
CB
Where is the 'bill' Hillary vowed to send to Congress abolishing the
Electoral College vote after Gore the populist, city slicker, lost his
home state?
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