Prince Harry Memoir Publisher Counts Day One Sales at 1.4 Million

The English-language edition of Spare, the memoir by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, sold more than 1,430,000 million units in all formats and editions in the United States, Canada, and the U.K. on January 10, its day of publication, according to publisher Penguin Random House. The first full day of sales of Spare was the largest first-day sales total for any nonfiction book ever published by PRH, the company said. The announced first U.S. printing of Spare was 2 million copies; the book has now gone back to press for additional copies to meet demand. 

X
Stay ahead with
Tip Sheet!
Free newsletter: the hottest new books, features and more
X
X
Email Address

Password

Log In Forgot Password

Premium online access is only available to PW subscribers. If you have an active subscription and need to set up or change your password, please click here.

New to PW? To set up immediate access, click here.

NOTE: If you had a previous PW subscription, click here to reactivate your immediate access. PW site license members have access to PW’s subscriber-only website content. If working at an office location and you are not "logged in", simply close and relaunch your preferred browser. For off-site access, click here. To find out more about PW’s site license subscription options, please email Mike Popalardo at: mike@nextstepsmarketing.com.

To subscribe: click here.