The Barefoot Investor for Families: Scott Pape’s book hits number one and breaks new record
THE Barefoot Investor’s new book has only been out a week but it has already become the fastest-selling book across Australia, as Scott Pape turns kids’ lives around.
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THE Barefoot Investor’s new book has gone to Number One — and smashed a record.
New figures out today from Nielsen BookScan show Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor for Families: The Only Kids’ Money Guide You’ll Ever Needs is top seller across all genres and has broken first-week sales records for an Australian non-fiction title.
Following in the huge success of his previous book, The Barefoot Investor, more than 74,600 copies of The Barefoot Investor for Families have sold since its release on September 24, according to Nielsen figures.
Barefoot fans have rushed to get a copy after the success The Barefoot Investor which sold more than 1.2 million copies across print, ebook and audio.
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The father-of-three said his latest work is “more than a book — it’s a movement.”
“The most financially illiterate people in Australia are 18-year-olds leaving school,” Pape said.
“That needs to change.
“Every Aussie kid needs to learn about money before they finish school.”
Pape said children will be tested on their monetary skills everyday of their life so they need to be prepared to make their own financial decisions.
“It’s the one subject that they’ll be tested on every day of their life,” he said.
“I’m humbled that families across the country are buying this book and using my simple plan to change their family tree.”
Pape’s book had 54,000 pre-orders before it hit the shelves.
It helps children learn how to set up fee-free bank accounts, sell second-hand items around the home, get their first job and save parents hundreds of dollars on their household bills.
Pape is hoping the book would help arm parents and grandparents with the necessary skills to make kids money smart.
He has been inundated with readers applauding his work including the Clark Family from Victoria who said he’s helped get them on financial track.
“We’ve become debt and credit card free — apart from the house loan,” they wrote.
“Now we are armed with both your books and are setting to work on preparing our two daughters, 5, and 3, to Barefoot their way through life.
“Jars are decorated … jobs agreed and their first payday is looming.”
Copies of the book at available at all good bookstores.
Originally published as The Barefoot Investor for Families: Scott Pape’s book hits number one and breaks new record
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