Democratic Primaries

George II

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48. There was a round of speaking engagements toward the end of last year and prior to formal....

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 09:34 PM

Dec 2019

....entry into the primary. Admission was charged by the promoter and it included one free book. Generally the admission was from about $50 to $100 depending upon the city and venue. A day or two before some of the events tickets were going for as low as $5!

Someone had to buy those books that they handed out for free.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sander's campaign bought his own books to inflate sales. [View all] OldRed2450 Dec 2019 OP

But Full Transparency...Right? Me. Dec 2019 #1

Old news. This was brought up in the last campaign. vsrazdem Dec 2019 #2

No it wasn't OldRed2450 Dec 2019 #4

A candidate can't get royalties from their campaign purchases. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #8

What is the result of inflated sales? OldRed2450 Dec 2019 #9

Ask Don Jr. nt sheshe2 Dec 2019 #12

How does that negate the facts? And why such quick and drastic jump to judgement? beastie boy Dec 2019 #11

Let's be clear. He didn't become a millionaire from his campaign giving away books. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #19

They get royalties from their publisher for books their campaign purchases..... George II Dec 2019 #20

. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #21

And? He didn't get royalties from his campaign purchasing his own books? Please look up "in kind". George II Dec 2019 #22

I'm an author and also worked on a bestseller list. You don't get royalties from your own purchases. torius Dec 2019 #28

"He" didn't buy his own books, he got a bookseller to buy them and then his campaign... George II Dec 2019 #30

The article says he bought them from Verso, the publisher. torius Dec 2019 #36

There was a round of speaking engagements toward the end of last year and prior to formal.... George II Dec 2019 #48

Yes bought in bulk/wholesale torius Dec 2019 #56

As an author who probably deals with publishers, Hav Dec 2019 #33

No, they do not create revenue for the publisher torius Dec 2019 #37

No one said it's wrong to buy/sell books Hav Dec 2019 #44

"No one said" Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #45

No they did not. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #55

Who knows which book sales he was referring to? torius Dec 2019 #58

The publisher doesn't profit (or not much) from the bulk sales. torius Dec 2019 #57

Thanks for that explanation. progressoid Dec 2019 #42

sure! torius Dec 2019 #59

Saved by the asterisk! TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #43

Yes torius Dec 2019 #60

He didn't "write" his first big seller until August 2016, when Hillary Clinton was out on the trail. George II Dec 2019 #5

Hmmm.. I thought the books were sold Cha Dec 2019 #3

It gets you to the top of the best seller list. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #13

But not in a fair way.. Cha Dec 2019 #15

Correct, Cha. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #16

Ewww! That just feels and sounds icky. n/t Tarheel_Dem Dec 2019 #40

I know. sheshe2 Dec 2019 #46

We always suspected this NYMinute Dec 2019 #6

Buying one's own books is common throughout the book-selling business. No Vested Interest Dec 2019 #7

Yes, I've heard this for years Raine Dec 2019 #39

Oh, just say buying your own books is "grassroots" and it'll be fine. betsuni Dec 2019 #10

Zing. Yes.. how grassrootsy of him. Cha Dec 2019 #14

It's best seller-"ish" grantcart Dec 2019 #23

lol.. exactly! Cha Dec 2019 #24

If you are going to do this, please accept contributions from billionaires... W_HAMILTON Dec 2019 #17

Agree. This makes me very sad: betsuni Dec 2019 #25

For the win! sheshe2 Dec 2019 #31

Thanks! Here's Bernie giving himself the benefit of the doubt: betsuni Dec 2019 #32

Oh my... sheshe2 Dec 2019 #34

This is the best the anti BS people can come up with? Joe941 Dec 2019 #18

There is so much to choose from it would take hundreds of hours to rank them grantcart Dec 2019 #26

Just shows how hard they are reaching. Joe941 Dec 2019 #27

I am glad they included it. Just one of the character reveling episodes grantcart Dec 2019 #29

Not even close to "the best". Lexee Dec 2019 #35

I figured they all do that.. Raine Dec 2019 #38

The article only mentions Republicans who've done it. betsuni Dec 2019 #41

Am I correct that Bernie has a huge list of donors who have pledged monthly donations No Vested Interest Dec 2019 #47

Amy Klobuchar is selling her book at her campaign website. Eric J in MN Dec 2019 #49

No, that's not the same. W_HAMILTON Dec 2019 #52

I'd read that's how "Dianetics" made it to the NYT Bestseller's list. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #50

Kick! TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #51

Laid-off steelworkers in Detroit don't give a flying fuck... SMC22307 Dec 2019 #53

Sanders buying his own book ? Are you saying he used his personal OnDoutside Dec 2019 #61

I have NO idea and I don't care. SMC22307 Dec 2019 #62

I wish you folks would go tilt at other James48 Dec 2019 #54

KICK! Cha Dec 2019 #63