Jen Hatmaker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Awake Week 2, a steep drop off as expected

12 Awake: A Memoir
Jen Hatmaker, Author
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320)
978-1-6680-8368-0
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
PUB DATE: Sep 2025
UNITS SOLD: 6,694
YTD: 35,449

For the Love sold 300,000 copies.

This one will be lucky to get to 55,000.

People, she doesn't need sales, I'm sure she reveived plenty of money just to write this book. She needs to stick to writing cook books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The NY Times has a system for how books end up on the list. I’m not a Jen fan at all, but the Times editors don’t just select books for the list. There was no way her team was going to let this book not be a best seller. In terms of how many books it actually sells, the only way to find out is from Nielsen Book Scan.

Bulk buying is happening for sure though because hello…. Jen has her own book club, so however many women subscribe to it, all got Awake. Who bought those books?

Jen H Inc.

Here’s the link to the Times’ methodology:
https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology/

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The NY Times has a system for how books end up on the list. I’m not a Jen fan at all, but the Times editors don’t just select books for the list. There was no way her team was going to let this book not be a best seller. In terms of how many books it actually sells, the only way to find out is from Nielsen Book Scan.

Bulk buying is happening for sure though because hello…. Jen has her own book club, so however many women subscribe to it, all got Awake. Who bought those books?

Jen H Inc.

Here’s the link to the Times’ methodology:
https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology/

Exactly!

There was a recent court case about this:

“For years, the New York Times maintained the facade that its bestseller list was compiled from comprehensive sales data, a trusted reflection of what readers were actually buying. However, faced with legal scrutiny, the publication was forced to admit the list was not the product of objective algorithms or sales metrics. Instead, it stands as a curated selection, influenced by the newspaper's editorial team's subjective decisions.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Awake Week 2, a steep drop off as expected

12 Awake: A Memoir
Jen Hatmaker, Author
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00 (320)
978-1-6680-8368-0
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
PUB DATE: Sep 2025
UNITS SOLD: 6,694
YTD: 35,449

For the Love sold 300,000 copies.
Thx for the update! Wonder how big the book club is but every pic of her she’s signing stacks of books

This one will be lucky to get to 55,000.

[Anonymous]

The book was not at my library, and they ALWAYS carry the latest releases .
I did see a copy at Target.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The book was not at my library, and they ALWAYS carry the latest releases .
I did see a copy at Target.

You can ask them to order if interested.

[Anonymous]

Uh oh… y’all hear the news?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh oh… y’all hear the news?

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh oh… y’all hear the news?

Big Sass decided to make an honest woman out of her and seal this lavender marriage?

[Anonymous]

That will never happen, but if it did, it would win all beard contests for infinity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh oh… y’all hear the news?

No, but nothing would shock me at this point. If I was going to bet on what she's doing for the most possible clicks, it would be leaving Trevor for a woman. And given his love of all famous actresses everywhere and romcoms galore, that's not a big leap. Kind of a simple sidestep, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The book was not at my library, and they ALWAYS carry the latest releases .
I did see a copy at Target.

My library has 55 copies of the ebook and 85 copies of the audiobook and both have an over 4 month wait to get them loaned out.

[Anonymous]

I'm finding it hard to believe that your library has that many copies of... oh wait, do you live in Drooble Harbor, by chance?

[Anonymous]

Why is this 800+ pages and I have no idea who this person is (I will not Google this either).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is this 800+ pages and I have no idea who this person is (I will not Google this either).

Well, if you're not going to look into it, sit back, relax, and enjoy the context.