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NEW YORK — Dan Brown’s new novel has passed the 2 million mark and bested Bill Clinton’s “My Life” in its publisher’s record books.
Doubleday announced Tuesday that hardcover, audio and e-book sales for “The Lost Symbol” topped 2 million copies for its first week of release in the United States, Britain and Canada. Doubleday spokeswoman Suzanne Herz said around 5 percent, or 100,000 copies, of “The Lost Symbol” were sold as e-books.
reported last week that first-day sales for “The Lost Symbol” were higher on its Kindle e-reader than in hardcover.
Herz said the previous record-holder for Doubleday parent Random House Inc. was Clinton’s memoir, published in 2004. The Associated Press
