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Nov. 14--The authorized biography of Jessica Lynch sold about 25,000 copies in its first two days of release this week, according to the publisher.

"We like where we are," said Paul Bogaards, senior vice president of publisher Alfred A. Knopf, which printed more than 500,000.

"I predict the book will start out as a top-five best-seller, based on these early signs," he added.

Titled "I Am a Soldier, Too" and written by Rick Bragg, the Lynch bio went on sal

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