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Nobody wants Hillary Clinton's new book |
2016-09-15 |
[THEWEEK] ![]() ... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillaryand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Charles Evans Hughes... 's newest book is a certifiable flop by the publishing industry's standards, The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reports. Stronger Together sold only 2,912 copies in its first week of sales according to Nielsen BookScan, which charts about 80 percent of nationwide physical book sales. By comparison, Clinton's 2014 memoir Hard Choices, which also didn't meet expectations, sold over 85,000 copies in its first week, and Clinton's 2003 memoir, Living History, sold six times as many copies as Hard Choices. Stronger Together is co-authored by Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, and "presents [their] agenda in full, relating stories from the American people and outlining the Clinton/Kaine campaign's plans on everything from apprenticeships to the Zika virus," the Amazon description says. One Amazon reviewer remarked that Stronger Together was "far more interesting than I'd thought this book would be," giving it five stars. Most negative reviews were about the candidate, and not the book itself. To promote the book, Clinton will "do a series of Stronger Together speeches over the course of the next several weeks," said campaign front man Jennifer Palmieri. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 #5 Typically the DNC will buy up tons of copies to give away and ensure the book becomes a bestseller. Can you come up with a better money laundering scheme? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-15 18:43 |
#7 Most excellent, swksvolFF! |
Posted by: SteveS 2016-09-15 18:10 |
#6 Just have to look at what she did in 4 years as SoS, then extrapolate to what could have been an 8 year presidency. so.. Are you ready Komrades? Aye-aye captain. I can't hear you... Aye-aye captain! Oh.... Who has the initials H, R, and C? Grandma Pantsuits! A phony, maligner, and unsteady is she. Grandma Pantsuits! If government access is something you wish? Grandma Pantsuits! Then leaves lots of cash on the large silver dish! Ready? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-09-15 17:52 |
#5 Typically the DNC will buy up tons of copies to give away and ensure the book becomes a bestseller. Very interesting. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-09-15 11:33 |
#4 Like Mao's "Little Red Book?" |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-15 11:12 |
#3 Once Hillary's elected, the book will become a required school reading. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-15 10:15 |
#2 Kaines got a book out too and no one wants it either. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-15 09:51 |
#1 No doubt the "advance" was generous. And the the bulk purchases by the unions and "friends" will wake up for the paucity of retail sales. |
Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-15 09:11 |