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I wanted to share this. I would like to lay out the strategy used by conservatives to make sure that their books make best seller lists. I have cut and pasted entries to this weeks New York Times Best Sellers List. The 4 entries are “Living History” (#1) written by Hillary Clinton and 3 titles (#2, #9, #13) authored by conservatives, all 3 of which attack Democrats/liberals. Now if you look closely at each of the 3 conservative books you will notice a (+) which indicates bulk orders, often times from conservative think tanks, local Republican organizations, Websites, et al., all of whom attempt to resell the book. You will notice Hillary’s book is not followed by a (+). As a matter of fact the only 3 books on this week’s list that carry the (+) are the three conservative books. I bet if looked back on previous lists you will find the same trend on books written by Hannity, O’Reilly, etc.
Now the evidence:
Hardcover Nonfiction
This Week Best Sellers
1 LIVING HISTORY, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) A memoir by the junior senator from New York and former first lady.
2 TREASON, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $26.95.) The lawyer and pundit dissects "liberal treachery from the cold war to the war on terrorism." (+)
9 DERELICTION OF DUTY, by Robert (Buzz) Patterson. (Regnery, $27.95.) A retired Air Force colonel who served in the White House contends that Bill Clinton "compromised America's national security." (+)
13 OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, by Dick Morris. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $24.95.) The television analyst condemns what he describes as a campaign by politicians, cultural figures and the news media "to oppose and impede the war on terror." (+)
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/books/bestseller/0720besthardnonfiction.html