As if the world needed more self-portraits of Kim Kardashian, it turns out her book “Selfish” has done quite well in the sales department. Though Nielsen Bookscan only has record of 32,000 copies
sold, Rizzoli’s director of publicity Pam Sommers told Us Weekly that
the total number of units is closer to 125,000. She explained, "The
Bookscan number of 30K floating around is not inaccurate but it
represents a very small segment of our sales overall, which are very
strong in non-bookstore specialty retailers, and international sales,
neither of which report to Bookscan.
The book is, in fact, a significant
success story as a benchmark of the phenomenon of self-portrait in the
digital age." As for how she got the idea to make “Selfish,” Kim
previously shared, "I couldn't think of what to get Kanye [for
Valentine's Day] and so I was like, 'All guys love it when a girl sends
them sexy pics.’ So I had [my assistant] Stephanie get a Polaroid and we
were taking photos around the entire house … making this cool book, and
it ended up turning out so cool, we came up with this idea to do a
selfie book."
