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In reply to the discussion: LOL! Good One From The Rachel Maddow FB Page [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. Wiki concurs with you, Turbo
Ben Smith of Politico.com reported that contractually enforced bulk purchases of the book were a part of the promotional tour plan: "his publisher, according to the document from the book tour ? provided on the condition it not be described in detail ? asked institutions to pay at least $25,000, and up to the full $50,000 price, in bulk purchases of the book."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Apology:_The_Case_for_American_Greatness
Amazon is pricing the book at 1.00 for the paperback version, but higher for other versions.
Interestingly, the negative reader reviews are not as snarky as I would expect.
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Um-hmm! That's EXACTLY it. That's how so many of these schmucks become "best-selling authors"
calimary
Mar 2013
#25
No "super buy"; I doubt it is a dollar's worth of doorstop, or even a dollar's worth of BTUs
corkhead
Mar 2013
#6
Next week he will be selling his books out of the trunk of one of Ann's Cadillacs
Heather MC
Mar 2013
#11
Thank you! I will be here all week and the next week and the next week ......
Heather MC
Mar 2013
#29
Yep! The 47% want it for free! There must be a book entitlement program! WAHHH!!
Fire Walk With Me
Mar 2013
#14
I'm waiting for Ann's book where she tells us how she suffered great privation during the campaign.
CTyankee
Mar 2013
#17
Some on the Right were putting "Dreams of My Father" in the Religion section.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#34