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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sander's campaign bought his own books to inflate sales. [View all]Hav
(5,969 posts)33. As an author who probably deals with publishers,
do you still see a potential conflict of interest even without the royalties for these buys? In my view, these actions improve your sales numbers and create revenue for your publisher. Surely that is something that influences your contract for the next book when similar campaign buys are expected.
And for the record, I think it's not unusual to practically resell your books as an incentive or thank you for donations and I'm pretty sure Bernie isn't the first who did it.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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How does that negate the facts? And why such quick and drastic jump to judgement?
beastie boy
Dec 2019
#11
Let's be clear. He didn't become a millionaire from his campaign giving away books.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2019
#19
They get royalties from their publisher for books their campaign purchases.....
George II
Dec 2019
#20
And? He didn't get royalties from his campaign purchasing his own books? Please look up "in kind".
George II
Dec 2019
#22
I'm an author and also worked on a bestseller list. You don't get royalties from your own purchases.
torius
Dec 2019
#28
"He" didn't buy his own books, he got a bookseller to buy them and then his campaign...
George II
Dec 2019
#30
There was a round of speaking engagements toward the end of last year and prior to formal....
George II
Dec 2019
#48
He didn't "write" his first big seller until August 2016, when Hillary Clinton was out on the trail.
George II
Dec 2019
#5
Buying one's own books is common throughout the book-selling business.
No Vested Interest
Dec 2019
#7
If you are going to do this, please accept contributions from billionaires...
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2019
#17
Am I correct that Bernie has a huge list of donors who have pledged monthly donations
No Vested Interest
Dec 2019
#47