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Fire and Fury sells half a million copies. Combined sales of hardcover, e-book and audio versions of Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury now top 500,000. Associated Press January 18, 2018 11:41am A company that tracks retail book sales says Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury sold more than 190,000 hardcover copies last week.
Publisher Henry Holt and Co has struggled to keep copies available. Last week, CEO John Sargent of Holt parent company Macmillan told the AP that Fire and Fury had sold more 250,000 copies as an e-book and more than 100,000 in audio. BookScan announced the new results on Wednesday.