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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:36 PM
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It's getting to the point that you can smell the desperation
Edited on Sun Oct-25-09 09:36 PM by proud2BlibKansan
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:37 PM
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1. Something tells me
A publisher over estimated the demand for a Ghost Written book by a nitwit.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:56 PM
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11. I think they bought them all to make it look like sales are up
Now they are giving them away.
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:31 PM
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20. That's what they do
they do it for Ann Coulter, Hannity, and any other nut out there to make it look like they sell a lot of books.
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:06 PM
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16. Wonder if she'll read it
Imagine Oprah asking her about the book, and she can't answer it.

I can imagine it.

:rofl:
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:08 PM
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17. Sadly
I can actually see this happening. Sarah looking like a deer in the headlights while Oprah asks her about an anecdote in her personal life the ghost writer made up.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:38 PM
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2. Remember the original release date was supposed to be next year
I think this is why the book was so rushed to press -- Sarah was getting well past her pull date. As bad as the sales are now, they would have been even worse next year.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:00 PM
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13. She had plans to promote it better. But, well, you know....
She had to quit.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:39 PM
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3. Pretty soon they'll be paying people to take that piece of dreck.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:40 PM
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4. Free, huh?
Well, I suppose it could be used for toilet paper for those who subscribe.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:42 PM
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5. Now we know the initial orders that shot it to #1 was all freeper bundlers
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:44 PM
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7. Scientology
I read somewhere that Scientologist routinely buy copies of Dianetics to keep it on the best sellers list.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:00 PM
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12. I've heard that too
Seems kind of pointless, but I guess Scientology can resell those books and perpetuate the fraud.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:06 PM
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15. That is what they do
Edited on Sun Oct-25-09 10:07 PM by AllentownJake
I read a report where book stores would get the books back with the price tag still on it. Why would they complain they are buying something at wholesale and than selling it back to the same people at retail.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:43 PM
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6. Well, that is the point of propaganda, get it into as many hands as possible,
And that's all the rabid right printing press is all about, propaganda value. For a lot of these folks, profit is a secondary consideration, they just want to sway as many people as possible. Much like the cheap pulp propaganda that flooded Italy and Germany during the twenties, thirties and forties.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:12 PM
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19. DING, DING. DING. DING we got a winnnah
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:45 PM
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8. How long before the $5 "Conservative Women" book bundles show up in Walmart bargain bins?
Books by Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin....and a free bag of Planter's Peanuts.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:46 PM
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9. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
:rofl:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 09:50 PM
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10. Bury it next to the E.T. cartridges!
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:04 PM
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14. The news of Palin endorsing a 3rd party candidate sure isn't going to help either.
Only the nimrods who actually believe she can run anything more complicated than a lemonade stand will be buying the book.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:11 PM
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18. That is not desperation, that is SOP... they've done that with Coultergeist
Rush and Hannity
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 10:58 PM
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21. ....and boy does it stink!
Sorry, just going from your post title.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-26-09 03:53 AM
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22. I wonder how many people will actually read it.
If it's written anything like the way she talks, it will be unreadable.
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