10 Million Sold

[Claudette]

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Michelle Obama’s autobiography Becoming is on course to become the most successful memoir in publishing history, after selling more than 10m copies to date, the former first lady’s publisher said on Tuesday. Thomas Rabe, chief executive of German media group Bertelsmann, hailed the book as “the most notable creative success” of the past year, as well as a “highly profitable” one for its publishing arm. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said.

Thats a lot of books.

Michelle is a classy and charismatic woman but those figures are astonishing. Are people pining for a time when the White House had some class ?

Yawn...
Soap operas always sell well...

I agree and I wonder if her ghost writer is getting anything from the sales?

As for me. I'll pass. That woman's life doesn't interest me in the least.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

As what usually happens with memoirs of unnotable people organizations buy up thousands of copies and give them away. In the case of big moo, black entertainers buy up multiple copies and donate them to groups or give them away.

The number of books sold really doesn't mean much.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I am looking forward to Melanias life story. I bet she has some great stories to tell.

I'd expect something a tad less than an autobiography Tom

~S~

When she takes pen in hand empires will crumble.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Melania will not write a memoir.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Can hear Hilly grinding her teeth from here.