▁US ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁in ▁Australia ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Sh aring ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁as ▁the ▁television ▁series , ▁the ▁book ▁became ▁another ▁best - s eller ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁and ▁was ▁out s elling ▁television ▁chef ▁Jam ie ▁Oliver ▁by ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁according ▁to ▁Water stone ' s . ▁It ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁over ▁ 4 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁had ▁been ▁sold ▁by ▁mid - Dec ember ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁number ▁one ▁for ▁a ▁period ▁on ▁Amazon ▁UK ' s ▁best - s elling ▁books , ▁and ▁was ▁nin th ▁on ▁their ▁overall ▁list ▁of ▁Christmas ▁best - s ellers ▁in ▁any ▁category . ▁Paul ▁Le vy ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁the ▁reci pes ▁was ▁" just ▁right . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁appe aling ▁things ▁about ▁N ig ella ' s ▁brief ▁introdu ctions ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁them ▁is ▁that ▁she ▁thinks ▁not ▁just ▁as ▁cook , ▁but ▁as ▁e ater , ▁and ▁tells ▁you ▁whether ▁they ' re ▁mess y , ▁stick y ▁or ▁f uss y ." ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Law son ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁sold ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 ▁million ▁books ▁world wide . ▁Her ▁Christmas ▁book ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁the ▁television ▁show ▁in ▁December ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁An ▁American ▁edition