"A Promised Land" by Barack Obama on display at Union Avenue Book Store in downtown Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. The $45 book is available for purchase, but a visit to the store must be scheduled ahead of time due to the pandemic. Kns Obama Book RANK2
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a month after publication, Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” is well on its way to becoming the best-selling presidential memoir in modern times.
Crown announced Wednesday that sales have topped 3.3 million copies in the US and Canada, within range of Bill Clinton’s “My Life” and George W. Bush’s “Decision Points,” both of which have sold between 3.5 and 4 million.
“A Promised Land,” the first of two planned volumes, covers Obama’s election in 2008 and much of his first term.
No release date has been set for the second book.
