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Will Lena Dunham's million dollar book advance pay off?

BY: KATY DELUCA OCTOBER 11, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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1 million: Number of copies of her book that Lena Dunham needs to sell in order to make her $3.7 million dollar deal worth it, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Dunham sold her book "Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned" to Random House. To put it in perspective, Tina Fey's "Bossypants" has sold 2 million copies, while Mindy Kaling's "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)" has sold 300,000.

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