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6. The "big markets" are often Republican Party operatives who buy these books by the truckload...

... to give away, or simply dump.

I remember various Ronald Reagan Republican events I covered as a college reporter where everybody who attended got a free book or two. Sometimes the books were forced upon attendees by the same sorts who hand out fliers for escort services in Las Vegas. None of these books aged well.

I especially remember an event where one of the Reagan Administration's pet worm economists spoke. I don't remember who he was, but he was very enthusiastic about trickle down economics, the Laffer Curve, and all the other bullshit Republican economic theories. And of course he was giving away books. He had hundreds of books, more than enough for the few dozen people who showed up to hear him speak. He offered to autograph his own book after his lecture and maybe six people took him up on the offer.

So yeah, HarperCollins simply didn't give a damn. It's just business, riding yet another tsunami of ignorance..