SALES LAG FOR Woodward BOOK ON DEEP THROAT
Tue Aug 16 2005 19:01:49 ET
Sales of THE SECRET MAN, Bob Woodward's story of the source known as Deep Throat, have been underwhelming.
At Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, "the book didn't sell at all," said Jim Harris, the store's owner. Of the 50 copies he ordered, Harris said, only four have sold, and he has sent 40 back to the distributor. "I was flabbergasted," he tells Wednesday editions of the NY TIMES.
At Politics and Prose, a well-known independent bookstore in Washington, sales were "not very good, compared to expectations," said Mark LaFramboise, who ordered 400 copies of the book for the store. As of last week, Politics and Prose had sold "60-something," he said.
The book has sold 61,000 copies, according to BookScan, trailing Ed Klein's TRUTH ABOUT HILLARY [which is nearing 100,000 copies purchased].
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