Today's Best sell releases in pounds

According to my figures, today's National Bestsellers generated 3,413,500 lbs. of wood pulp.

October 3

Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $26.95). 1,000,000 first printing. 11.20 ounces 700,000 .lbs of books

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (Random, $26.95). 750,000 first printing.1.00 pounds 750,000 .lbs books

Inside Bush’s White House: The Second Term by Bob Woodward (S&S, $28). 750,000 first printing. 1.00 pounds, 750,000 .lbs of books

Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice by John Ashcroft (Center Street, $24.99). 500,000 first printing. 12.80 ounces 400,000 .lbs

Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans (S&S, $19.95). 300,000 first printing. 11.20 ounces 210000.lbs

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides (Doubleday, $26.95). 200,000 1.40 pounds 280,000 lbs

Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley, $23.95). 150,000 first printing. 1.01 pounds 151,500 lbs.

Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow, $26.95). 100,000 first printing. 1.72 lbs. 172,000 lbs.

3,413,500 lbs. of wood pulp. (Not counting the packaging to ship.)

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