The next big name in cookbooks may not be a celebrity chef or Food Network host: QVC host David Venable has pre-sold 245,000 copies of his upcoming cookbook, In the Kitchen With David, ahead of its October 9 release. For context, Ballantine's executive editor Pamela Cannon tells the AP, "only a few cookbooks a year — by anyone — sell over 200,000 copies." [AP]
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