"My Fractured Life" Becomes #14 Bestseller

Fact-inspired novel about has-been actors and musicians in Hollywood reaches #14 bestseller slot, as reported by Buy Books on the Web.

LOS ANGELES (October 25, 2003) "My Fractured Life" by former child star Rikki Lee Travolta is now ranked #14 of all Arts subject books at Buy Books on the Web.

The novel is a fact-inspired, fictional account of Hollywood actors striving to stay alive in post-fame addiction. Travolta addresses issues of drug use, alcoholism, and open sexual bartering in the modern entertainment industry's studio system.

Retailing through the dual Internet portals of BuyBooksOnTheWeb.com and byotw.com, the e-commerce seller is one of the leading independent bookstores in the nation. The bookseller reaches clientele internationally via its web-based accessibility.

Amazon.com, the world leading e-commerce site, reports Travolta's "My Fractured Life" shares sales among those customers also purchasing the New York Times bestsellers "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, "Dry: A Memoir" by Augusten Burroughs, "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides, and "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane.

One of the few books to be popular with both fiction and nonfiction audiences, sales data shows that "My Fractured Life" is also a fashionable purchase of customers at Amazon.com, Borders Books and Music, and Barnes and Nobel who favor the nonfiction top seller "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand which was adapted into the critically successful film "Seabiscuit" starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges.

Figures published by Amazon.com as of October 22, 2003 show growth of 850,780 positions in its official sales rank by Travolta's "My Fractured Life" from the month of September.

"This was another great quarter for Amazon.com, driven by our customers' taking advantage of our lower prices, free shipping and expanded selection," said Tom Szkutak, Amazon.com's chief financial officer, during a conference call with the media.

During the month of October Amazon.com has had to replenish its inventory of the Travolta book five times due to escalating sales. Barnes and Nobel was forced to network with multiple independent booksellers to cover demand during the month when sales depleted its entire warehouse inventory.

Amazon.com offers Travolta's "My Fractured Life" to International audiences through www. Amazon.com (United States), www.Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), www.Amazom.de (Germany), www.Amazon.fr (France), www.Amazon.co.jp (Japan), and www.Amazon.ca (Canada).

Distributor Ingram Book Group maintains a National Book Clubs Standing Order Program that supplies selections of the Today Show's "Today Book Club," Good Morning America's "Read This!" program, the USA Today Book Club, and the "Reading with Ripa" light fiction program of Live with Regis and Kelly.

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