Don Buchwald, Regan said they were "beyond tasteless" and "entirely inappropriate". One that Regan accepted depicted Stern's wife, covered in blood with her eyes rolled up and her neck slashed, being fed through a meat grinder operated by him while Simpson stands by giving the thumbs up. Regan said that Simpson was "not happy" with the back cover. Following the book's release Stern commented on the reaction to the picture: "That's the kind of thing that my wife and I felt strongly about-O. J. should be in jail. She was totally comfortable with it, although she looks at it and thinks it's much worse now." In 1996, Stern came in at number one on Mr. Blackwell's annual list of worst dressed women. Release Miss America was released on November 7, 1995, a week earlier than the original release date. It was further promoted with an hour-long television special on the E! network in December 1995. The book was an instant commercial success, with six printings of the book sold out in the first 12 hours of release. The Barnes & Noble store on Fifth Avenue in New York City opened at 6:30 a.m. on the day of release, for which 250 people were already in line to buy it. The chain sold 33,000 copies at its stores nationwide by the end of the first day, setting a new first day record. In Los Angeles, 500 copies were sold by 9 a.m. on the first day. Miss America went on to set a new record for the fastest selling book in one day, beating Sex by Madonna in 1992. Stern's appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to promote the book drew controversy after antics by two bikini-clad women that accompanied him, including a kiss, was edited from the broadcast. Miss America entered the non-fiction section of The New York Times Best Seller list at number one for the week of November 26, 1995, knocking off My American Journey by Colin Powell. It stayed at number one for three weeks, and remained on the list for a total of 19 weeks. The book sold more than nine copies for every one copy of the next best-selling book on the list. By the end of 1995, 1,398,880 copies of the book were sold, making it the third best-seller of the year. Miss America was the best-selling paperback on Amazon in 1998.