Guess Which 'Book' Is No. 1 on Amazon

Close to 42K have bought paperback edition of Mueller report: AP
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 2, 2019 10:05 AM CDT
$15 Copy of Mueller Report Now a Best-Seller
Four pages of the Mueller Report can be seen on a table in the House Intelligence Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill on April 18, 2019.   (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The Mueller Report is now officially a best-seller. A published edition of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged ties between Russian officials and Donald Trump's presidential campaign sold just under 42,000 copies last week, NPD BookScan reported Wednesday, per the AP. Jointly edited by Scribner and the Washington Post, the paperback sold more than any nonfiction book on the list, which tracks direct store sales and reflects around 85% of the print market. It also will top the New York Times' combined print and e-book best-seller list out May 12. Like the Starr Report and the 9/11 Commission analysis, the Mueller Report was so highly anticipated that it became a popular book even though anyone can read it for free. Scribner's edition costs $15, while rival editions include a $12.99 book from Skyhorse and $9.99 from Melville House.

The Scribner and Skyhorse books each offer additional material, such as introductory comments. Melville House is selling the report "as is," wanting readers to encounter it "without someone digesting it for them." Preorders for the Skyhorse and Melville releases have placed them high at times on Amazon.com's best-seller list, but they so far have much lower numbers on BookScan, likely because they took longer to reach stores. Publishers have hurried to prepare bound editions of the report since it was made public two weeks ago. Wednesday's testimony by Attorney General William Barr, who faced sharp questions from Senate Democrats over whether he spun the report in Trump's favor, helped raise the Scribner book to No. 1 on Amazon. As of Wednesday night, Skyhorse was at 22 and Melville House at 130. (More Mueller report stories.)

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