#1 on this week's USA TODAY top 150 best sellers list--?
As I just commented in a personal LJ, in reference to people of color buying books --
Do you know what the number one bestselling book is this week--according to the chart compiled by USA TODAY anyway, which has been made up of little else but those Stephenie Meyer Twilight books for weeks and weeks?
Steve Harvey's self-help book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment (Amistad, $23.99)! It beat the Twilight books and the Watchmen graphic novel!
This week's top 150 best sellers - Based on sales through Sunday, March 8, 2009
A chart in today's edition breaks it down -- For every 10 copies of Act Like A Lady sold, 7.2 copies of Watchmen were sold, and then the rest of the top five is the various Twilight books: New Moon (7 copies), Twilight (6.9 copies) and Eclipse (6.4 copies).
List details (how the list is compiled)
They caught up with Harvey for an interview, which will appear in tomorrow's print edition, in the Life section, but was posted online about an hour ago:
Harvey moves 'Like a Lady' to best-seller status
Harvey moves 'Like a Lady' to best-seller status
By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY
What do women want?
No-nonsense advice about men and love from comedian and syndicated talk-show host Steve Harvey.
His self-help book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment (Amistad, $23.99), has become a phenomenon, climbing to the top of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.
Today Harvey's first book bumps mega-selling teen vampire queen Stephenie Meyer from the No. 1 spot, after entering the list five weeks ago at No. 12.
"I'm absolutely stunned at the reception this book has gotten," Harvey says. "My original goal was to maybe break the top 10. I never once had the notion to be No. 1."
But now that he is, more events have been added to Harvey's book tour, which will run through June. After 22 printings, there are 1.2 million copies in print.
An appearance on Oprah in late February didn't hurt, either. A second show is being taped today.
Originally, hundreds of mostly urban African-American women were showing up at Harvey's events, but now the book has broadened its appeal.
Harvey, 52 and married for three years, says the book's strength lies in the fact that his advice is universal.
His main tip: Don't give a man "benefits" before a 90-day trial run. Harvey also tells women how to spot a mama's boy and how to read the interaction between a date and the kids, and then offers five questions to ask a man to determine how serious he really is.
"If you read the book, there's nothing in it referring to anyone's color or religion or economic status," says Harvey. "The thing about men is we're universally the same. I don't care what color you are."
Dawn Davis, Harvey's acquiring editor at Amistad Press, says the book's original popularity came from fan loyalty. "But he's gone way beyond his fan base now. (The book) is both smart and funny, so it goes down well."
Allison Andrew, 46, a school paraprofessional in Queens, N.Y., calls it "my Bible."
"I have it in my hand right now and I'm highlighting things," says Andrew, who is going through a divorce after 20 years of marriage. "It brings insight into the relationship and how he (her husband) was thinking and how I was treated."
Andrew is dating again. "And I'm using this book this time!"
And there will be more tips. Harvey is planning a follow-up that will deal with the hundreds of questions women have asked him on his book tour.
Do you know what the number one bestselling book is this week--according to the chart compiled by USA TODAY anyway, which has been made up of little else but those Stephenie Meyer Twilight books for weeks and weeks?
Steve Harvey's self-help book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment (Amistad, $23.99)! It beat the Twilight books and the Watchmen graphic novel!
This week's top 150 best sellers - Based on sales through Sunday, March 8, 2009
A chart in today's edition breaks it down -- For every 10 copies of Act Like A Lady sold, 7.2 copies of Watchmen were sold, and then the rest of the top five is the various Twilight books: New Moon (7 copies), Twilight (6.9 copies) and Eclipse (6.4 copies).
List details (how the list is compiled)
They caught up with Harvey for an interview, which will appear in tomorrow's print edition, in the Life section, but was posted online about an hour ago:
Harvey moves 'Like a Lady' to best-seller status
Harvey moves 'Like a Lady' to best-seller status
By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY
What do women want?
No-nonsense advice about men and love from comedian and syndicated talk-show host Steve Harvey.
His self-help book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment (Amistad, $23.99), has become a phenomenon, climbing to the top of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.
Today Harvey's first book bumps mega-selling teen vampire queen Stephenie Meyer from the No. 1 spot, after entering the list five weeks ago at No. 12.
"I'm absolutely stunned at the reception this book has gotten," Harvey says. "My original goal was to maybe break the top 10. I never once had the notion to be No. 1."
But now that he is, more events have been added to Harvey's book tour, which will run through June. After 22 printings, there are 1.2 million copies in print.
An appearance on Oprah in late February didn't hurt, either. A second show is being taped today.
Originally, hundreds of mostly urban African-American women were showing up at Harvey's events, but now the book has broadened its appeal.
Harvey, 52 and married for three years, says the book's strength lies in the fact that his advice is universal.
His main tip: Don't give a man "benefits" before a 90-day trial run. Harvey also tells women how to spot a mama's boy and how to read the interaction between a date and the kids, and then offers five questions to ask a man to determine how serious he really is.
"If you read the book, there's nothing in it referring to anyone's color or religion or economic status," says Harvey. "The thing about men is we're universally the same. I don't care what color you are."
Dawn Davis, Harvey's acquiring editor at Amistad Press, says the book's original popularity came from fan loyalty. "But he's gone way beyond his fan base now. (The book) is both smart and funny, so it goes down well."
Allison Andrew, 46, a school paraprofessional in Queens, N.Y., calls it "my Bible."
"I have it in my hand right now and I'm highlighting things," says Andrew, who is going through a divorce after 20 years of marriage. "It brings insight into the relationship and how he (her husband) was thinking and how I was treated."
Andrew is dating again. "And I'm using this book this time!"
And there will be more tips. Harvey is planning a follow-up that will deal with the hundreds of questions women have asked him on his book tour.