Want to stick it to a certain author -- and her publisher?

[pnwmom]

Buy up all her books -- so that her fans can't. (I know it will be embarrassing, but no worse than buying, say, hemorrhoid cream.)

Wait until the last minute.

Then return them.

Publishers and authors hate returns. They definitely cut into the bottom line.

:evilgrin:

P.S. On second thought, don't do this at independent bookshops. They have enough problems.

O8)

[ChiciB1]

1. I Have To Admit To "Bad" Thoughts On This One!

This is a TRUE story! I really really was tempted too! I wanted to "steal" a bunch of them and burn them in a public place!!

I quickly came to my senses realizing I WOULD get caught, I don't know HOW to steal in the first place! But the temptation was VIVID!

Your idea is MUCH better... didn't even think about that!

[pnwmom]

3. There's nothing publishers hate worse than returns.

Might teach 'em a lesson.

[The Deacon]

4. You Don't Know How To Steal?

Lemme give you this number I got: 1-800-866-3529 (That's 1-800-TOM-DLAY)

[ChiciB1]

6. Oh My! I'm Afraid That Would Be Worse Than Stealing!

Calling that monster for help goes against all that I hold near and dear!!

[NanceGreggs]

2. Her "fans" buy few of those books.

When "Slander" was allegedly at the top of the best sellers list, you could go into any discount store here in Toronto and get a copy for $4.99 (retail price here was $39.99 at the time).

I asked a friend in the book publishing business about it, and she told me that RW groups pre-purchase CARTONS of her books the minute they're released, and have them shipped to the discount and cut-out retailers (which then count as 'sales').

Someone mentioned this to Coulter in a TV interview once, and she HIT THE ROOF. She said that ALL books by conservative authors had the 'bulk sales' icon placed next to their titles on Best Sellers lists by the liberals who compile those lists, in an attempt to make it look like their books were not being widely purchased by individuals.

Yeah, Ann, sure ...

[Warpy]

5. Right, her position on best seller lists is driven by bulk sales

to right wing stink tanks and propaganda outfits. Returns won't do that much good. Most of her books will simply end up in landfills.

The one thing that could do some good is a libel suit. The burden of proof for 9/11 widows isn't as stiff as it is for genuine celebrities because so few people in this country know their names. Plus, we'd be able to open the books on where her--and Regenery Publishing's--dirty money is really coming from. My guess is Scaife.

In any case, dragging her bony ass out of that coffin and into the full light of day would be a great public service. I doubt she could tolerate the exposure.

[pnwmom]

7. I feel a little better then to know that people aren't actually buying

that execrable material.

Human people, that is.

[sallyseven]

9. Can the RW nut cases read?

[mzteris]

12. I was thinking that myself

the libel case....... and slander - from what she says on the talkshow circuit.

If I were one of the women she talks about, I would be absolutely FURIOUS. I'd sue her for every dime she had - and donate it.

[Spangle]

8. Which puts them at the PRICE her fans can afford.

When I go to the discount book sellers, I always notice how many radical 'right' books are there. But few on the 'left' are there.

This is the 'price group' that need these 'left sided' books the most! But all they are getting are 'trash' books.

In the mean time, this is how the 'big funding' get passed to the authors. THe pay off, so to speak. Those books are bought at a 'discount' for mass sales, sure. But the author is still getting their 'cut', etc. The GROUP is the one taking the 'loss'. IT's money laundrying game, in a way. With the benifit of getting brain washing materals out at a cheep enough cost that people can afford.

It's smart, smart, smart. And totaly legit.

[NanceGreggs]

10. Or it could be that the 'left' books actually sell ...

... while the 'right' books wind up getting dumped.

I know that here in Toronto (where there are a lot of ex-pats and Canadians who follow US politics very closely), when books by lib authors go on sale, they fly off the shelves. When "Too Close To Call" came out (about the stolen 2000 election), stores were selling them faster than they could re-stock.

On the other hand, Coulter's books are not 'marketed' to anyone in the cut-out stores here. I saw several cartons of "Slander" in a discount store that also sold cheap clothes, dish detergent, hardware, etc. -- just the 'junk' that didn't sell anywhere else, so the jobbers buy it for a few cents on the dollar and sell it for pennies.

I don't think the RW cares if anyone actually READS their crap. They just want the sale numbers to push their stuff to the top of the best seller lists so they can say, "Ah HA! THIS is what the American public is interested in."

I never look at the best seler lists to see what's hot - I just look at what people are reading in coffee shops or on the subway to work, or what they're buying when I'm lined up at the check-out counter in a book store.

I remember seeing SO MANY people reading copies of "Clinton" and "Hillary" when their autobiographies came out.

I have never seen a single person reading Ann Coulter, ever.

[Spangle]

13. oh yes, they SELL

And they are REAL sales. But that isn't my point.

Not everyone can AFFORD the price of just released books. Lucky they can afford paper back price books. That is why what is offered at the discount stores is so important. Looking for a book about XYZ at the discount store for Political Cousin Joe as a gift.. what ARE the options there? It will be republican view of XYZ.

So on top of the real people paying the real price for the books, you got a whole different set getting them at a discounted price. The discounted books are from 'no sales' and from 'book buys.' If WE funded groups that bought our writters books and turned around and sold them to discount books sellers at a cheep price... It would be a way to ensure the book is as widely distribited as possible. EVERYONE possible would get a chance to buy the book in a way they can afford.

$5 a piece, you can afford to give them as gifts. At $20-35.. you better be making some good money.

For democratic CAUSES, it's the best advertising/marketing/educational plan money can buy. What ever the issue. If there are GOOD books written about the subject, then you not only want the auther to make money for the work he/she has done, but you also want that work distrubited as vastly as possible. the more that reads the boo, the more people will have learned about the subject, be willing to talk about the subjec, to be intrested about the subject.

Remember, the group that places FREE bibles in hotel rooms.... They don't mind if you take them. They don't mind replacing it. THey want people to HAVE it and to READ it.

The other great point, it boost sales. Which is great PR. Gets the book talked about, gets the writer on talk shows. Which gets the subject talked about. And gets people to go out and buy the book.

IT's all a PR stunt that has excellent points in so many directions..

[justice1]

14. Neither have I, nor have I seen them in yard sales or thrift stores.

[benddem]

11. they've been bought up

by the conservative book club and are offered free on some conservative websites. Some best seller.