 "Private Parts" was released on October 7, 1993, receiving an initial printing of 250,000 copies.A spokesman for Simon & Schuster said that between 50,000 and 75,000 copies were sold on the first day.On the following day, the publisher ordered a second printing of 500,000 copies, the largest single print order in its history which surpassed the previous record of 400,000 copies for "The Way Things Ought to Be" by Limbaugh.