


The New York Times attention has helped push Five Feet Apart into its fourth printing for a total of 110,000 copies in print to date. Other early sales drivers include social media graphics used by S&S to promote the book, a three-week author blog tour for Lippincott, a launch event at a local bookstore, and a mention for the book in the December issue of Seventeen magazine. One big bump for the title is surely the official movie trailer, released November 2, with nearly 5.5 million views on the CBS Films upload alone in addition to views on other YouTube uploads. The book is Lippincott’s adaptation based on Daughtry and Iaconi’s screenplay for the feature film of the same title, set for release on Mafrom CBS Films and Lionsgate and starring Cole Sprouse ( Riverdale) and Haley Lu Richardson ( The Edge of Seventeen). What if you fell in love with someone but could never physically touch that person? That’s the big question at the heart of the new YA novel Five Feet Apart by first-time author Rachael Lippincott, written with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis (Simon & Schuster) which debuted on the December 9 New York Times bestseller list after its first week on sale.
