Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography has sold just 644 copies during its first three days of being on sale. But he's not the only famous face to discover that a book about them has failed to set the publishing world alight:

• Henry McLeish (former first minister of Scotland), Scotland First: Truth and Consequences, sold just 286.
• Oona King (member of the House of Lords), The Oona King Diaries: House Music, has sold just 2,218.
• David Blunkett (former home secretary), The Blunkett Tapes – despite an advance of £400,000, sold just over 4,000 copies.
• Sean Connery (actor), Being a Scot. – just 5,000 despite high-profile coverage.
• Ashley Cole (footballer), My Defence – just 4,326.

• This article was amended on 3 October 2011. The original said The Blunkett Tapes sold fewer than 4,000 copies. This has been corrected.