Obama’s A Promised Land on track to become best selling presidential memoir

In its first day, the book sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada, beating sales of Michelle Obama’s Becoming

Barack Obama’s new book A Promised Land has sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to become the best selling presidential memoir in modern history.

The first-day sales, which set a record for Penguin Random House, includes pre-orders, e-books and audio.

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