Oprah
Oprah’s book club has picked – or made – another winner. Echkart Tolle’s spiritual self-help guide, “A New Earth,” has shipped about 3.5 million copies since she revealed it as her pick 4 weeks ago. It has become the fastest selling pick ever at Barnes and Noble Inc. and topped the best-seller list on Amazon the moment her choice was revealed, according to a statement issued by Winfrey.
It's also a record shipment in a four-week span for any book by Penguin Group (USA), which has published such million sellers as Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" and Ken Follett's Winfrey-endorsed "The Pillars of the Earth."
Brian Tart, president and publisher of the Penguin imprint Dutton, told The Associated Press that a key factor was the upcoming Web seminars featuring Winfrey and Tolle, to be held for 10 consecutive Mondays starting last week.
"Oprah herself has committed 10 weeks to talking to the author, and people from all over the world will be able to participate," said Tart, who added that more than 500,000 people, from more than 100 countries, have registered for the seminar.
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