I’ve heard it’s not uncommon for the team of the person who wrote them to buy all of them up to get it on the top list and then just gift them/chuck them or store them indefinitely.
I recall seeing a staged photo of George W. Bush carrying a copy of Bernard Goldberg’s Bias, and thinking the pope shitting in the woods is more likely than W. reading a chapter of any book.
Among those who bought it, or those who actually read it?
I’ve heard it’s not uncommon for the team of the person who wrote them to buy all of them up to get it on the top list and then just gift them/chuck them or store them indefinitely.
Here’s a very good article on this republican practice: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/474662-the-myth-of-the-conservative-bestseller/
I recall seeing a staged photo of George W. Bush carrying a copy of Bernard Goldberg’s Bias, and thinking the pope shitting in the woods is more likely than W. reading a chapter of any book.
If you look into it you’ll likely find most of the copies were bought in bulk by his campaign, the State of Florida, and a few large donor PACs
This is why “#1 Bestseller” doesn’t mean shit.
Wouldn’t be a surprise; manipulating numbers is just business as usual for them.
I have no idea, I just liked the response about it not being long enough.
That was tongue in cheek; there’s no real way for them to tell the difference.
Ah. Okay, I see it now. It just didn’t register when I first read it, lol sorry.
No big deal; it’s still Monday after all (at least here in the States).