![]() ![]() “Given our saturation of celebrity culture, sometimes books have a problem finding readers because of fatigue,” Jim Milliot, editor of Publisher’s Weekly, told TheWrap.Īlso Read: HBO's 'Girls' to End After Season 6ĭunham and Ansari received wide coverage for their sizable book advances: $3.7 million for Dunham’s “Not That Kind of Girl,” which was released in late 2014 but expected to sell well through the following year. ![]() Celebrity-penned nonfiction books have typically served as mutually beneficial partnerships between publishers and stars looking to extend their brands - but if the top selling books of 2015 are any indication, that relationship may be on the rocks.Īnnual lists released by sites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble of last year’s 100 best-selling books did not include buzzy titles by Lena Dunham, Aziz Ansari, Patti Smith, Mary-Louise Parker or Leah Remini’s account of escaping Scientology. ![]()
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