Just noticed that 3 out of the top 10 Best Selling Non-Fiction books are from ....

[MindMover]

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the craziest MFs on the face of the planet ... Kraut-nose, O'Really, and Insane Beck ...

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html

If we want our progressive message to be seen and heard, I ask where is it in mainstream America?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. They are bought in bulk

So the selling stats will be that way. NYT knows of the issue but has not been able to come with a solution in 20 years or so. It is perception control.

[FreeJoe]

12. I wish that explained it

If this was the result of bulk selling, presumably from wholesalers, these books would not be ranked highly for sales at Amazon. They are. As painful as it is, people are really buying this crap.

[lightcameron]

2. Political/social commentary book sales are often not real sales.

Think-tanks and special interest groups buy them in bulk, then give them away (or offer them for really cheap) with membership to the group.

This happens on the left and right.

It's about time for the NYT and USA Today lists to stop counting these as "sales." As someone who rarely reads non-fiction, I don't care all that much, but still it would be nice to see the bestseller lists reflect true sales.

[Danascot]

3. Non-Fiction?

The NYT just needs to add a new category - Fiction, Non-Fiction, Unhinged

[Demo_Chris]

4. Political books are sold this way...

Donors buy them in bulk. Great way to funnel cash to someone.

[Thor_MN]

5. Even easier now that you can "buy" a million digital copies

and not have to take delivery of anything. No Printing costs to eat up money either.

[Demo_Chris]

6. Wow, good point!

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. ...and you're supporting a media conglomerate that you are invested in that is

owned/controlled by the people that are propelling the narrative from which you extract more money...

They broke the house and too many don't see it.

[Igel]

7. "Kraut-nose"?

"Kraut"?

Really?

[xulamaude]

15. +1

[Earth_First]

17. No kidding...

[lpbk2713]

9. They're bought in huge lots at cut-rate wholesale prices.

Then sold to the gullible mouth breathers at the full suggested retail
price at the author's speaking gigs or at other RW political gatherings.

[nyquil_man]

10. It only takes a few thousand copies sold to make it to the top of that list

and conservative groups buy books up in bulk, selling them for a dollar.

It's not really representative.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Obviously, fiction disguised as non-fiction sells better than non-fiction.

[JI7]

13. i think liberals prefer to read novels and they often have a liberal message

like dickens.

i'm a liberal and i don't think i ever really buy a book just because it was by some liberal who pretty much say what i already agree with.

i would buy things like krugman to become informed and he is an actual economist.

but i'm not going to buy something just because some liberal pundit wrote it.

but this isn't anything unusual. it's why the right wing does well with things like talk radio. these people just want to read or hear people say things they already agree with.

i think liberals are better at things like telling a story which is why films usually have a liberal message and do well and conservatives fail in that area.

[MindMover]

14. Interesting ... thank you for your input ...