"Good grief!" cried Candy, "4500 copies in two weeks!" She had just been told of the sales record her biography had established in the Harvard Square area since its release in paperback early in January.
Eight stores in the Square have been selling from one to four of the recently published paperback editions of Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg's satirical novel. Candy has been on display for an average of twelve days in each store with an estimated total sale of 4440 copies--one every 17 minutes.
The book's buyers in all the stores are said to be predominently male. The Paperback Booksmith reported that purchases are most frequent in the late evening hours.
A Coop salesman noted that the rate of sales is beginning to fall off, "now that people realize it's just like any of those other dirty little books."
Phillips reports regretfully, "We haven't gotten our in yet," but they expect Candy to make it soon."
