Trump niece’s memoir sells practically 1 mn copies on first day

A brand new e-book on Donald Trump written by his niece offered practically 1,000,000 copies on the primary day it went on sale in the US, its writer mentioned Thursday.

Mary Trump’s “Too A lot and By no means Sufficient: How My Household Created the World’s Most Harmful Man” is billed as the primary unflattering portrayal of the US president by a household insider.

Mary, a psychologist whose father was Trump’s oldest brother Fred, accuses the president of hubris and ignorance, and says he suits the scientific standards for being a narcissist.

The 950,000 copies offered Tuesday, together with pre-orders in addition to audio and digital variations, “is an organization file” for the Simon & Schuster publishing home, it mentioned in an announcement.

The White Home has dismissed the memoir as a “e-book of falsehoods”.

The president’s youthful brother Robert Trump went to courtroom to attempt to block publication, arguing that Mary was violating a non-disclosure settlement signed in 2001 after the settlement of her grandfather’s property, however to no avail.

Simon & Schuster has ordered extra copies printed, which can carry the quantity to 1.15 million for the American market alone. The e-book additionally tops Amazon’s gross sales charts in Canada and Australia.