O’Reilly book sales strong, down from 2016

O’Reilly book sales strong, down from 2016

NEW YORK

First-week sales for Bill O’Reilly’s latest book were enviable for virtually any author who isn’t Bill O’Reilly.

“Killing England,” the latest in O’Reilly’s blockbuster series of history books, sold 65,000 copies in hardcover. According to NPD BookScan, only one nonfiction book sold better, although its author has long been a political foe of the conservative commentator.

According to BookScan, which tracks around 85 percent of the print market, O’Reilly’s “Killing the Rising Sun” opened last year with sales of 145,000 copies. O’Reilly has long been one of the most popular nonfiction authors, but “Killing England” is his first major release since being forced out from Fox News amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

‘Boys in the Boat’ author writing WWII book

NEW YORK

The author of the million-selling “The Boys in the Boat” is working on a book about four Japanese-Americans who fought in combat overseas for the U.S. after being placed in internment camps back home.

Viking told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Daniel James Brown’s new work, currently untitled, will be a story of how the children of immigrants became World War II heroes despite suffering from poverty and prejudice. In a statement issued through Viking, Brown said his book will celebrate a “remarkable” group of Americans whose struggles and triumphs have relevance today.

No publication date has been set for the new book. “The Boys in the Boat,” released in 2013, told of an American rowing team that won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.

Associated Press