Unauthorised autobiography of Julian Assange sells less than 700 copies
Despite copious publicity, the unauthorised autobiography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, published Thursday, September 22, sold less than 700 copies that week, according to Nielsen BookScan.
Assange’s autobiography, published by Canongate publishers despite his lack of consent, was subject to much media coverage. Yet Nielsen BookScan, the sales figures monitor, showed readers that week only bought 644 copies of the book.
The Bookseller magazine reported that Assange’s autobiography ranked only 50th best-selling for the week among hardback non-fiction books, 537th among books overall.
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