Oprah Winfrey Gives Suze Orman’s Book a Boost

Posted February 17th, 2008 by Susan Gunelius in Books for Businesswomen, Finance, Women On Business

Suze Orman Women & Money Oprah Winfrey It’s well known that when Oprah Winfrey endorses something, sales go up. It’s also a known fact that when Oprah Winfrey adds a book to her book club, sales for that book increase by a million copies. On Friday, Oprah Winfrey put her seal of approval on Suze Orman’s book, Women & Money.

On Friday’s telecast of The Oprah Winfrey show, Oprah told her viewers that Suze Orman’s Women & Money, which was published a year ago, would be available for free download from Oprah’s website for 33 hours. During that time, 1.1 million copies were downloaded in English and another 19,000 copies were downloaded in Spanish. At the same time, Women and Money sat in 6th place on Amazon.

Suze Orman is very famous in her own right, and she certainly didn’t need Oprah Winfrey to promote her book in order to sell copies. However, Suze Orman was quoted in a statement released by Oprah Winfrey on Saturday saying, “I believe Women & Money is the most important book I’ve ever written,” Orman said in a statement released Saturday by Winfrey. “So this was not about getting people to buy the book, but getting them to read it, and that was the intention behind this offer.”

Sounds like this book is a must read not just for women in business but for all women. Have you read Women & Money yet? If so, leave a comment and let Women On Business’ readers know what you thought of it.

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5 Responses to “Oprah Winfrey Gives Suze Orman’s Book a Boost”

dM on February 27, 2008 11:26 am
I really like this book, not just for the content, but because I like Suze’s style. She’s in your face without shaming you, and you can’t mistake her passion for helping people handle money better. The topic is so important, not just for women, but for our men and our families as well. The book contains timeless principles that anyone can employ. Another great book? Jean Chatzky’s “Make Money Not Excuses: Wake Up, Take Charge, and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever.” I think it’s intereting that both of these popular books are authored by women who are not married. Interesting.
Susan Gunelius on March 2, 2008 11:21 pm
dM, I agree - I like Suze’s style, too. She’s so passionate about her subject matter that it’s contagious. That’s a lesson we can all learn from and bring the same kind of passion into our own businesses!
Raheel Khan on April 23, 2008 3:21 pm
Would like to request where I could download this book from / purchase it
Susan Gunelius on April 23, 2008 11:10 pm
Raheel,

Here is the Amazon link to buy Suze’s book:

http://www.amazon.com/Women-Money-Owning-Control-Destiny/dp/0385519311/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209006583&sr=8-1

The free download period is unfortunately over.
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