Making History

"Publisher Simon & Schuster, which threw the latest Manhattan bash Monday, declared 'Living History' to be the top-selling adult nonfiction book ever, based on first-week sales of 600,000 copies. An additional 500,000 copies have been ordered on top of an extraordinary initial printing of 1 million copies, the publisher said." -- Associated Press, June 17

Meanwhile, at amazon.com:

Living History is ranked no. 4

A Charge to Keep is ranked no. 47,639

Barbara Bush: A Memoir is ranked no. 53,222

Laura: America's First Lady, First Mother is ranked no. 78,275

Sounds about right.