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lightcameron

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2. Political/social commentary book sales are often not real sales.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 02:07 PM

Dec 2013

Think-tanks and special interest groups buy them in bulk, then give them away (or offer them for really cheap) with membership to the group.

This happens on the left and right.

It's about time for the NYT and USA Today lists to stop counting these as "sales." As someone who rarely reads non-fiction, I don't care all that much, but still it would be nice to see the bestseller lists reflect true sales.

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Just noticed that 3 out of the top 10 Best Selling Non-Fiction books are from .... [View all] MindMover Dec 2013 OP

They are bought in bulk nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #1

I wish that explained it FreeJoe Dec 2013 #12

Political/social commentary book sales are often not real sales. lightcameron Dec 2013 #2

Non-Fiction? Danascot Dec 2013 #3

Political books are sold this way... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #4

Even easier now that you can "buy" a million digital copies Thor_MN Dec 2013 #5

Wow, good point! Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #6

...and you're supporting a media conglomerate that you are invested in that is Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #8

"Kraut-nose"? Igel Dec 2013 #7

+1 xulamaude Dec 2013 #15

No kidding... Earth_First Dec 2013 #17

They're bought in huge lots at cut-rate wholesale prices. lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #9

It only takes a few thousand copies sold to make it to the top of that list nyquil_man Dec 2013 #10

Obviously, fiction disguised as non-fiction sells better than non-fiction. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #11

i think liberals prefer to read novels and they often have a liberal message JI7 Dec 2013 #13

Interesting ... thank you for your input ... MindMover Dec 2013 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #16