A book by Mercer, "Rick Mercer Report: The Book", based on his television program, was published on September 25, 2007, by Doubleday Canada. This was Mercer's first book since his bestselling "Streeters" of 1998, and contained a collection of the best of Mercer's "rants" from the first four seasons of "Rick Mercer Report", together with choice moments from interviews for the program and other writings by Mercer. On CBC Radio's "Sounds Like Canada" on September 21, Shelagh Rogers said of the book that "it's the most fun I've had in bed in a long time." The book entered the "Globe and Mail" books chart on October 6 at number three. It was number one in the "Globe" bestseller list in the week before Christmas 2007, and reprinted eight times.