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StarTrombone

(188 posts) Sun Jun 5, 2016, 10:20 AM Jun 2016

Why do the cons pre-order a book that the bulk buyers will be giving away in a few weeks [View all]

There is a book that has been at the top of Amazon's best-seller list since a little news aggregator site 1st flogged it yesterday.

I'm sure we all know that conservative groups bulk purchase these things to inflate the numbers and get them listed on NYT Best Seller list then pass them out at their rallies.

And by the end of the month it'll be on the bargain table at Sam's club, Walmart, Costco and whats left of Barnes & Noble

So why do they pre-order from Amazon

*Amazon makes up a higher percentage of the total US ebook market than the oft-cited 65% figure: when indie books without ISBNs are included in the statistics, Amazon accounts for 74% of all US ebook purchases and 71% of all US consumer dollars spent on ebooks.*

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Why do the cons pre-order a book that the bulk buyers will be giving away in a few weeks [View all] StarTrombone Jun 2016 OP

Group Think on steroids. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #1

Because nobody buys those books otherwise. Initech Jun 2016 #2

Because Amazon preorders count as sales on the first day of release mainer Jun 2016 #3

That's the normal course for books by Hannity, Coulter and the Half Governor. lpbk2713 Jun 2016 #4

Yup Bigredhunk Jun 2016 #5