{"id":80091,"date":"2018-04-17T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T04:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=80091"},"modified":"2018-04-24T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T23:04:26","slug":"80000-reasons-to-invest-in-the-barefoot-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/04\/17\/80000-reasons-to-invest-in-the-barefoot-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"80,000 reasons to invest in The Barefoot Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-80094 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/barefoot-facebook-1200x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-barefoot-investor-2017-update-scott-pape\/prod9780730324218.html?utm_source=blog.booktopia.com.au&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=barefoot%20investor%2080k%20copies\"><em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em><\/a> by Scott Pape is Booktopia\u2019s highest selling book ever &#8211; 80,000 copies and counting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in 2016 when Wiley was selling in a new book called <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em>\u00a0they were telling me that the book would be big but I don\u2019t think that any of us had any idea of just how successful this book would become. As we celebrate selling over 80,000 copies, I thought I would share some statistics on what has become an Australian publishing phenomenon!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 660,000 units sold in the Australian Market (Source &#8211; Bookscan)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Highest selling book in Australia for 2017!<\/li>\n<li>In 2017 <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> held the No 1 spot in the Bookscan charts for more than 20 weeks!<\/li>\n<li>So far in 2018 <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> continues to dominate &#8211; rarely being out of the No 1 spot in the Bookscan charts!<\/li>\n<li>Highest selling Australian personal finance title ever!<\/li>\n<li>Outsold popular favourites like <em>Working Class Man<\/em> and <em>91 Storey Treehouse<\/em> in 2017!<\/li>\n<li>Booktopia alone has sold over 80,000 copies and <em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em> has not left our Top 10 since it\u2019s publication in late 2016!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out what some of our customers are saying about this book! <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Reading this book was like having a spiritual experience &#8211; I am not religious but it was like the angels were singing and I could hear them. This book is the answer to our prayers.&#8221; &#8211; customer review<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish this had been around in my 30&#8217;s.&#8221; &#8211; customer review<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This book has changed my life.\u00a0Although finance is a fairly dry subject, the book is interesting and funny at times, with easy step-by-step instructions on how to set up your bank accounts in such a way so you get the most out of your money \u2013 including savings and splurge money.&#8221; &#8211; customer review<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what\u2019s next for The Barefoot Investor and Scott Pape? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been announced that a new book covering personal finance for a much younger audience is coming from Harper Collins later this year. Keep an eye on our site for updates!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you have not yet grabbed a copy of the highest selling book in the country &#8211; grab a copy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-barefoot-investor-2017-update-scott-pape\/prod9780730324218.html?utm_source=blog.booktopia.com.au&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=barefoot%20investor%2080k%20copies\"><em>The Barefoot Investor<\/em><\/a> now and see what the rest of the country is reading!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re already on board with\u00a0<em>The Barefoot Investor\u00a0<\/em>phenomenon, you&#8217;re probably ready to gift this must-have book to friends and family, right?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape is Booktopia\u2019s highest selling book ever &#8211; 80,000 copies and counting! Back in 2016 when Wiley was selling in a new book called The Barefoot Investor\u00a0they were telling me that the book would be big but I don\u2019t think that any of us had any idea of just how successful this book would become. As we celebrate selling over 80,000 copies, I thought I would share some statistics on what has become an Australian publishing phenomenon! More than 660,000 units sold in the Australian Market (Source &#8211; Bookscan) Highest selling book in Australia for 2017! In 2017 The Barefoot Investor held the No 1 spot in the Bookscan charts for more than 20 weeks! So far in 2018 The Barefoot Investor continues to dominate &#8211; rarely being out of the No 1 spot in the Bookscan charts! Highest selling Australian personal finance title ever! Outsold popular favourites like Working Class Man and 91 Storey Treehouse in 2017! Booktopia alone has sold over 80,000 copies and The Barefoot Investor has not left our Top 10 since it\u2019s publication in late 2016! Check out what some of our customers are saying about this book! &#8220;Reading this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":80097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[7883,8749,978,993,1007,8748,8751,3759,7966,8750,7539],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/More-than-80000-Booktopians-have-bought-the-only-money-guide-youll-ever-need.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80091"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80244,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80091\/revisions\/80244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}