Did Somizi lie about having the best selling autobiography in SA?

Somizi Mhlongo’s memoir, Dominos: Unbreakable Spirit is not the the highest-selling autobiography ever sold by Exclusive Books.

This is the word from the retailer following Mhlongo’s claim on Instagram that his book was the best selling memoir ever.

“So we have just been told that my book is the highest-selling autobiography in the country ever at Exclusive Books. I wanna break the African record which was set by Harry Potter. Am I being too ambitious? No. I don’t think so, because I have God and you,” he said on Instagram.

TshisaLive reports that Exclusive Books general manager Ben Willliams said although Mhlongo’s book was a hit with the readers, it was “below the numbers needed to break the record” for highest-selling biography.

“We never discuss sales with the media or even the authors so we did not notify him that his book was the highest-selling autobiography. His book did extremely well but the highest-selling autobiography was Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom and it (Somizi’s book) was below the numbers needed to break that record,” Williams said.

He said Mhlongo’s book released two months ago, was the best-selling book across all genres for at least two weeks after its release and “even now it is still in the top three most popular titles sold by the company.”

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