laura hillenbrand came in second. rebecca scoot, that was on "the new york times" bestseller list for 41 weeks, and then tina fey with "bossy pants" and eric larson, "in the garden of beasts." i know this data is difficult to find, but laura hillenbrand, best-selling nonfiction book, todd burpo, "heaven is for real," bestselling nonfiction e-book and, you know, print list as well. do you have any idea how many copies of those books got sold? >> um, it's funny you mention. i feel like especially as the digital market share keeps rising finding statistics that one can rely on becomes increasingly more difficult. i'll give an example. nielsen has a service called book scan which tracks anywhere from about 70 to 75% of print sales. now, even as far back as, i think, three years ago when the kindle was still new and e-book sales were barely into the single digits, one could look to book scan and at least get a pretty good snap shot of how a book was selling. i mean, it depended on what outlets they were reporting. they sti

what was laura hillenbrand's book about, sarah weinman? >> she talked about a man named louis zamperini who had been an athlete and then ended up in world war ii where he was a prisoner of war. he, at least as of a few months ago, was still alive and was well into his 90s. and, of course, laura hillenbrand is a fascinating story because she has chronic fatigue syndrome and often cannot leave the house. so she was conducting a lot of her research from her house and through telephone calls and outsourcing of people helping her to bring in documents and things like that. and from that she produced this tremendous piece of not only scholarship and research but also this very inspiring story that was released at the end of 2010 but as you noted has not left the bestseller list but i think it's an indication of how people respond to the stories of human spirit, and told extremely well and i suspect that just like her previous book, "seabiscuit" it would just selling at the 2012 megs and she has chronic fatigue syndrome, doesn't leave the house v

laura hillenbrand came in second. rebecca skloot, "the immortal life of henrietta lacks." this was a 2010 title that was on "the new york times" bestseller list for 41 weeks. and then tina fey with bossy pants and eric larson in the garden of beasts. sarah weinman, i know thi this t is difficult to find, but lorin hillebrand, best selling nonfiction book of 2011 according to the new york times. todd burpo, "heaven is for real," best selling on fiction e-book. and print list as well. you have any idea how many copies of those books got sold? >> it's funny you mention, i feel like especially as the digital market share keeps rising, finding statistics that one can rely on it becomes increasing more difficult. i'll give an example. nielsen has a service called bookscan which tracks anywhere from about 70-75% of print scales. now, even as far back as i think three years ago when kindle the still new and e-book sales are barely in the single digits, one could look to bookscan at least a pretty good snapshot of how his book was selling. i mean, it depended on what outlook and th