WIN THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND SELL … 233 COPIES?

Susan Sontag’s “In America” sold only 233 copies for the week ending Nov. 19, “which would reflect only a few days of award buzz. ‘In America’ – which has received mixed reviews – has sold only 3,972 copies since being published in January. Chances are, the award will raise that number, but to judge by the halfhearted reception Sontag got at the ceremony, the book inspires mixed feelings.” – Inside.com