China News Service, November 25. According to the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the memoir "The Promised Land" of former US President Barack Obama sold more than 1.7 million copies in the first week of its release in North America. The performance is brilliant in the books.
Data map: On January 10, 2017 local time, Chicago, USA, former US President Barack Obama delivered a farewell speech.
According to reports, sales of "Promised Land" also include audio books and digital e-books.
On the 24th local time, American "Crown" magazine announced that it had increased the number of first prints of the book from 3.4 million to 4.3 million.
The US media pointed out that the sales volume of Obama's memoir has surpassed that of books published by two former US presidents.
Former President George W. Bush’s "Moment of Decision" sold 775,000 copies in the first week of publication; and former President Bill Clinton’s autobiography "My Life" sold 1 million copies in 8 days.
Currently, the memoirs of the two former presidents sell between 3.5 million and 4 million copies.
According to reports, "The Promised Land" is the first of two books planned to be published. It was published on November 17, and nearly 890,000 copies were sold on the first day.