Guess whose book just went platinum

The Audacity of Sarah. Sales of her first book topped 1 million copies in its first two weeks on sale. It took Barack Obama three weeks to sell 182,000 copies and his book had just as much hype. Consider this from a Nov. 9, 2006, New York Times story:

Propelled by a potent publicity cocktail of “Today,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and major magazine covers, Senator Barack Obama’s new book, “The Audacity of Hope,” seemed primed for best-selling status. Same hype, one-sixth the sales — in 3 weeks instead of 2.

I have not finished the book yet, but I like it so far. Apparently, so do a million other people.

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