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Moving up the lists
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
This past week was a very good one for Marley & Me. Those of you who have been following along know already that my book debuted in its first week out at #10 on The New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List. The next week it dropped to #15 as several celebrity books came out of the chute. In week three it popped up to #9, then #8 in weeks four and five. And this coming Sunday it will move up to #7.
That general trend is being mirrored on The Barnes & Noble Store Bestseller List, where it has steadily notched up. Three weeks ago it was #6, two weeks ago #5 and last week, I just learned when the updated list was released last night, it clicked up two more spots to #3. Frank McCourt and Jimmy Carter were the only two nonfiction books selling at a brisker pace at B&N stores around the country last week, which is almost too crazy to comprehend.
As Laurie my agent said to me this morning: "A former president and a Pulitzer prize-winning memoirist; not bad company to keep." Gosh, I guess not.
And finally, I also moved up on The Book Sense National Bestseller List, which tracks sales at independent bookstores across the country, and I'm now at #5 there.
Before signing off, let me tell you about a very cool Internet community I just discovered. Do I even need to say, it's a community of over-the-top Labrador retriever owners and lovers? Actually, they discovered me. They've been talking about my book and one of them emailed me and invited me to drop in to chat. Man, they really now how to make a guy feel welcome. I wish my family reunions were this much fun. The site is worth checking out for all the goofy Lab photos alone. You can find it at: http://www.lab-retriever.net/board/ ... If you search for "Marley" you'll see what the talk has been about.
Over and out for now.
posted by John Grogan at 2:05 PM
 
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Hey,
I read your book! It was awesome! We just put our English Setter down a few months ago, and it was very similar to Marley: overly-energetic, full of heart, and selectively intelligent.
One of my favorite memories is giving him peanut butter! For about ten minutes he would try and get it off of the room of his mouth! Defiantely worth a try! However, I've heard that giving a dog human food will make it want human food. But, if Gracie is anything like Marley, I'm sure she's already helped herself regardless.