Book sales dipped 67% from 15,000 copies shifted the month before allegations to just 5,100 copies in 30 days following the accusations. per BookScan figures when a 2011 exposé by "Into Thin Air" author Jon Krakauer prompted a 60 Minutes investigation that alleged Mortenson’s story contained inaccuracies and that his Central Asia Institute charity misused funds. Oprah later hauled him onto her show to dress him down, saying “I feel that you conned us all.” The month before it was discredited, " A Million Little Pieces" moved 710,000 copies the month after, sales plunged by more than half, according to data from Nielsen BookScan.Ī similar drop hit Greg Mortenson’s "Three Cups of Tea," his heartfelt 2007 tale of building girls’ schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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