Culture: What? People actually want to read Mark Twain’s autobiography
- 7,500 number of copies the publisher of Mark Twain’s autobiography published for its first run
- six number of reprintings they’ve had to do since the book came out earlier this month
- 275k number of copies the book has sold so far, it looks like it’s a major hit, actually source
- » Why did they underestimate? Well, the book, published exactly 100 years after the legendary author died, is kind of a bear. At 500,000 words, four pounds and $35, it’s not exactly breezy summer reading. And there’s more books coming next year, too.
