Hillary's tell-all book sells like hotcake

Simon & Schuster said sales had been so brisk that it had already ordered another 3,00,000 copies of the book to be printed on top of the 1 million copies which were printed for Monday's launch.

"We are certainly happy," Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Victoria Meyer said. "By any measure this is a huge number."

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Meyer said that the publisher, which paid Clinton $8 million for her memoir and hopes it will become the No 1 non-fiction title of the year, expects to increase its print run again later this week.

The sales pace of Clinton's book -- which covers eight tumultuous years at the White House including President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and subsequent impeachment -- is in the league of novelists like Tom Clancy and Stephen King, said John Baker, editorial director at Publishers' Weekly.

"It's strikingly good," Baker said, noting Clinton's book has sold much faster than memoirs by President Ronald Reagan or his wife Nancy.

The book tells how Clinton's love for politics began with strong Republican convictions rather than the Democratic Party politics she is known for.

Barnes & Noble Inc., the world's largest bookseller, said Living History set a one-day sales record on Monday for a non-fiction book at its stores.

The company said in a statement it shifted 40,000 copies in just 24 hours at retail stores and online.