{"id":12584,"date":"2023-07-16T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T05:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nashernews.com\/end-of-uk-lockdown-sends-obama-sales-soaring\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T05:11:47","slug":"end-of-uk-lockdown-sends-obama-sales-soaring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashernews.com\/fr\/end-of-uk-lockdown-sends-obama-sales-soaring\/","title":{"rendered":"End of UK Lockdown Sends Obama Sales Soaring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end of lockdown in England and Wales has helped propel Barack Obama\u2019s memoir <em>A Promised Land <\/em>to the number one slot on the official UK top 50 for the third week running.\u00a0 Booksellers report strong Christmas sales across the board, but the president is leading the pack.<\/p>\n<p>At Waterstones, chief operating officer Kate Skipper, said that footfall since re-opening had been \u201cvery encouraging\u201d.\u00a0 She added: \u201cWe are delighted to have welcomed book lovers safely back into our English shops.\u00a0The first weekend of December trading was very encouraging, with shoppers clearly pleased to be able to browse and discover new books in bookshops once again. The next priority is reopening the doors in our Northern Irish and Scottish shops, which we hope to do at the end of this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penguin Random House said it has sold more than 66,000 copies of Obama\u2019s memoir in hardback through UK retailers last week, with its digital editions selling a further 24,251 units. 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