Former US President Barack Obama speaks at a Get Out the Vote rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 2020. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUV NEW YORK - Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S.
and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history.The first-day sales, a record for Penguin Random House, include pre-orders, e-books and audio.“We are thrilled with the first day sales,” said David Drake, publisher of the Penguin Random House imprint Crown. “They reflect the widespread excitement that readers have for President.