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Initech

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2. Because nobody buys those books otherwise.

Reply to StarTrombone (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 03:43 PM

Jun 2016

Just like how churches buy up movie theaters in droves every time an ultra religious movie like "God's Not Dead 2" comes out. Pretty much everything the cons do is artificially inflated to make their numbers look good.

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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