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‘Man in the Middle’
By John Amaechi
Print Run: 30,000
Copies sold: 9,000
‘Now It’s My Turn’
By Mary Cheney
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 9,000
‘Red Carpets and
Other Banana Skins’
By Rupert Everett
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 14,000
‘Include Me Out’
By Farley Granger and Robert Calhoun
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 3,000
‘A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style’
By Tim Gunn and Kate Moloney
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 15,000
‘Tab Hunter Confidential’
By Tab Hunter and Eddie Muller
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 6,000
‘I Had to Say Something’
By Mike Jones with Same Gallegos
Print run: 40,000
Copies sold: 1,000
‘Here’s What We’ll Say’
By Reichen Lehkuhl
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 6,000
‘Silent Partner’
By Dina Matos McGreevey,
Print run: 85,000
Copies sold: 19,000
‘The Confession’
By James McGreevey
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 38,000
‘La Dolce Musto’
By Michael Musto
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 1,000
‘There’s Nothing in This Book
That I Meant to Say’
By Paula Poundstone
Print run: 80,000
Copies sold: 8,000
‘Alone in the Trenches’
By Esera Tualo and John Rosengren
Print Run: Not available
Copies sold: 3,000
Source: Nielsen BookScan, which does not include sales figures from Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, food and drug outlets or specialty stores. |
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“The publishers are looking for a way for someone to sell the book and that’s part of the attraction of a celeb book, they’ve got this platform,” Flowers says. “I’m not sure people make the leap to, ‘Do I want to read a whole book about this person, or by this person?’ So I think it’s something to be careful about in acquiring a celebrity book. If they’re over-exposed, people may not buy a book about them or by them. They already have their opinion made or think they know the person.”
John Amaechi, a retired NBA player who came out of the closet with the publication of his book, “Man in the Middle,” this year, has sold as many copies as Mary Cheney’s book, despite having a less public image.
Outwrite Books held a successful reading with Amaechi in February, Rafshoon says.
“It was fantastic. We had, I think, about 290 people here,” he says. “John was a great spokesperson and still is. His story resonated with a lot of people. With sports, there’s so few out role models, especially in men’s sports.”
Amaechi’s race might have helped him sell even more copies, as out black gay male athletes are in short supply. Amaechi’s appearance drew one of the most racially diverse crowds Outwrite has had at a reading, Rafshoon says.
“This was the first basketball player and I think it resonated because it crossed the color line here, because he was a person of color. Here in Atlanta, we had a lot of basketball fans who never even thought that a player would come out.”
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