Orders for Paula Deen cookbook surge

[The Straight Story]

Advance orders for Paula Deen's new cookbook have surged since the Food Network and Smithfield Foods axed her for using a racial slur.

Orders for "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up" surged on Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) by nearly 1,300% in the last 24 hours.

The cookbook was ranked 115th on Tuesday, compared to a ranking of 1,592nd on Monday

"Paula Deen's New Testament" is not available until October.

Another cookbook, "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible," jumped 114% to Amazon sales rank 350, from 750 in the prior 24 hours.

Deen's agent did not immediately return a message from CNNMoney about the book sales.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/25/news/companies/paula-deen-cookbook/index.html

[In_The_Wind]

1. We don't have one and we are not going to buy one.

[Democracyinkind]

2. In this economy, being a bigot might just be the one niche still open for entrepreneurs.

[NightWatcher]

3. it's like the Chick Fil A wars all over again

Suthern Christian Krackers are upset that some Yankee network cutoff a good ol girl for using a perfectly acceptable word int heir eyes, so now they're gonna stick it to em and buy her shit and eat at her nasty ass buffet.

I assume their preachers will tell them from the pulpit to buy Good Sister Deen's stuff.

That'll show em

[Myrina]

25. Yep, just like Sister Sarah showing up at CPAC with a Big Gulp ...

That side of the aisle, like most 7 year old children, love to do the opposite of what's wise/expected of them, simply to be contrary.



I hope to hell none of the people buying those cookbooks & eating that crap are on Medicare because I don't want MY TAX DOLLARS paying for their scooter, diabetes treatment or socialized heart surgery!

(sorta)

[Whisp]

4. all it takes is one rich sick, racist fuck to buy a bunch

to get the effect the sick racist fucks want.

[EC]

5. wow, the chick fil la crowd sure love to show

their approval of any kind of bigotry. I really never cared for Paula Deen's recipes...too much fat.

[madokie]

6. By probably the same racist sobs

as the ones supporting all the hate on President Obama

[MrSlayer]

7. I said that this would raise her standing in certain circles.

There is a huge market to be tapped in wing nut America. I'm trying to figure an angle to take. Preacher, country music, porn? All three? There is money to be made off the slack jaws.

[RedstDem]

8. yeah but

She has the recipe for the best fried mayonnaise sandwiches.
Mm mm

[NJCher]

10. I'd like to think you are joking...

but I'm afraid you're not.

I dare not Google "fried mayonnaise sandwich paula deen."


Cher

[louis-t]

9. Understandable. Before all this i didn't know

who the hell she was. This country is sick.

[Honeycombe8]

11. In other words, there's going to be a diabetes surge? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. I am not surprised

[Luminous Animal]

14. Storm Front and Aryan Nation and their ilk could buying up her books in bulk

and boosting her sales figures.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Nah, bad press is good press

Just make sure to spell my name right.

It's an old saying, and it applies.

I could not physically eat her food for multiple health reasons. But if you are into southern food...it is good cooking.

She's what she is, but as a cook, in her style of cooking, she's good. So people who like that...well...

I also suspect, without qvc y'all and food network...y'all this will be short termed.

[NJCher]

16. I beg to differ

She's been a rude caricature of herself for a long time now.

Here's a 2010 comment from someone writing about her over on the Food Network site:

It’s almost like she’s gotten so over the top that she feels like she needs to top herself. She’s no longer teaching people how to prepare Southern food, rather she’s trying to draw attention to herself with ridiculousness.


Cher

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. There is that

And quite honestly her shtick grew stale for me by 2007 or so...

But right now books are selling due to controversy. It is that simple.

[Luminous Animal]

13. I went to a local bookstore and pasted a sticker with the word n****r over the word sugar...

in 25-30 of her books.

Racists should be shamed.

Oh by the way. Storm Front could be buying up her books in bulk to boost her sales.

[Zoeisright]

18. Unfortunately, most white people in this country are bigots.

The appalling comments I have seen from the ignorant defending that racist prick are incredible. Deen is the image of what is wrong with this country: a woman who seems "sweet" on the surface is actually a raging racist asshole. And the stupid bigots who defend her think they are right.

This country is doomed. And rightfully so.

[maryellen99]

19. yes I totally agree!

This country is full of ignorant people. Don't her fans realize that it was a white woman who brought the lawsuit forward?

[AnotherMcIntosh]

29. No. You are wrong is saying "most white people in this country are bigots."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. God Bless America.

The more controversial a product is, the more people inexplicably want to buy it.

Witness the sickening mad rush to buy AR-15s after Sandy Hook Elementary.

[dembotoz]

21. show you are the new right wing cool

[progressiveinaction]

22. Here is what I don't quite get about this.

Didn't she make these comments, like, a long time ago? I thought I saw she supported Obama as well which would indicate she's had a change of heart since her racist days.

[Comrade Grumpy]

24. Doesn't matter. She's now a racist piece of shit who sells books to Nazis.

It must be true. I read it right here.

[SomethingFishy]

32. Read the link I posted below..

This way you can get it from somewhere else.

Fuck Paula Dean and her Sambo Burger.

[SomethingFishy]

31. Um, no, and it wasn't just this one thing, check this out:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/06/22/bernstein-good-riddance-to-an-ugly-racist/

Yeah a Sambo Burger. But she's not racist at all.

[arely staircase]

23. i want to see the venn diagram of this cookbook and the hitler tea kettle

nt

[Xyzse]

26. I'd rather get a Nigella book so...

No thanks.

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

27. I got invited to the "We Support Paula Deen" FB page

I almost threw up. And the woman who invited me knows that I am Democrat and supporter of President Obama, so I don't know where the hell she thought I would join in support of a nasty

All of the sympathy people are showing her is ridiculous. She has had a great life, with unbelievable success and fame. You know who didn't have a great life? Many African-Americans, particularly in the South, who Paula Deen berated and treated with no regard with her use of racial slurs toward them.

[progressiveinaction]

30. Perhaps

The woman who invited you knew Deen is a Democrat and Obama supporter as well? Therefore you have something in common.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

28. This can be a marketing trick. Authors, agents, and even publishers have been known to

place large orders for about-to-be-released or newly-released books to create an appearance of a demand.