 The success was in spite of mixed reviews and the refusal by several stores to carry the book over objections to its content.On the day of release Sapak Inc., a California-based wholesaler that supplied books to various stores, cancelled its order of the book as it deemed its content too risque for its "family oriented" customers.The Caldor chain of department stores modified the "New York Times" Best Seller list which was displayed in stores to remove "Private Parts" from the top position, moving all subsequent books up one.