Chetan Bhagat’s latest book has broken all records in Amazon’s pre-order history, his latest fiction “One Indian Girl” is now the leading title on pre-orders, the site has ever witnessed.
“Launched under the exclusive online partnership between Amazon and Rupa Publishing, the pre-orders went live on Amazon at 2 pm on Friday and in just the first two hours, it has created history by becoming the leading title on pre-orders, the site has witnessed since its launch in 2013,” the online shopping site said in a statement.
Bhagat took to Twitter on Friday to announce the title of the book and the book comes after five fictions by the author revolves around an “Indian girl who is intelligent and successful, because of which she finds it difficult to get love.”
“It (book) hopes to question society, which judges women achievers. It asks why when it comes to love, being intelligent and too successful is almost a drawback for women,” the 42-year-old writes on his blog. He also unveiled the teaser for the book on Friday which can be viewed on YouTube.
“Hi, I’m Radhika Mehta and I’m getting married this week. I work in a top investment bank. Thank you for reading my crazy story. However, let me warn you. You may not like me too much. One, I make a lot of money. Two, I have an opinion on everything. Three, I have had sex before. Now, if I were a guy, you’d be cool with all this. Since I am a girl, these things don’t really make me too likeable, do they?” says the teaser.
The title, which is set to hit stands on October 1, also surpassed the biggest release of the year so far, ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ with selling 20 times the former on the first day of pre-order.
