Miss America (book)
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| Author | Howard Stern |
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| Cover artist | Jack Heller (Design) Oscar Gonzalez (Design) Paul Aresu (Photo) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autobiography |
| Publisher | ReganBooks |
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Publication date
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November 7, 1995 |
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Hardcover (1995) Paperback (1996) |
| Pages | 482 (Hardcover) 592 (Paperback) |
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Miss America is the second book by American radio and media personality Howard Stern. Released on November 7, 1995 by ReganBooks, it became the fastest-selling title in the publisher's history. This was a repeat to his first best-selling book, Private Parts (1993) and publisher Simon & Schuster.
The book's front features Stern dressed in drag, with the first edition back featuring a picture of Stern with O.J. Simpson at the wedding of Donald Trump in 1993. Three different versions of a paperback edition were released on October 16, 1996, that featured Stern dressed as a drag with blonde, brunette and red hair. A selection of color photographs are also included that did not appear in the first edition.
Stern biographer Luigi Lucaire reported that Miss America sold six printings within 12 hours of its release. The Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue in New York City opened at 6:30am in the morning of the book's release, with over 250 people in line. By the end of the first day, Miss America sold 33,000 copies at Barnes & Noble stores across the United States, a first day record for the country's largest book seller. The book broke the previous record for the fastest selling book in one day, previously being Sex by Madonna in 1992. A week after its release, Miss America hit the top spot on the New York Times Best Seller list, knocking off My American Journey by Colin Powell. In total, the book was listed on the list for more than four months, a period of 16 weeks in total.
The book sold more than nine copies for every one copy of the next best-selling book on the list. By the end of 1995, Miss America had sold 1,398,880 hardcover copies, making it the third best-seller of the year, according to a March 1996 edition of Publishers Weekly.
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