Look at all those conservative books in the NYTimes top 10 - ALL BULKED SALES!!!

[LynneSin]

At the bottom of the bestseller list:

These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 29 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending November 14, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Click here for an explanation of the difference between trade and mass-market paperbacks.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&ref=books

#3 Huckabee - (†)
#6 Beck - (†)

Notice it's just the conservatives that are bulk buys. There's a book about the late Sen. Kennedy at it seems that is on the list based on REAL sales - not giving it away.

What do you think the chances are that Palin will have a (†) next to it next week?

[SanddancerUSA]

1. Shouldn't that be (†††)?

[rocktivity]

2. "Some bookstores REPORT RECEIVING bulk orders?"

Report receiving them? As in, the bookstores DON'T order a lot of copies in anticipation of a big sales, and discount the book when they don't anticipate incorrectly? Or are they talking about receiving request of bulk orders from customers? Exactly how DOES it work?

:shrug:
rocktivity

[LynneSin]

5. It's expected that bookstores will buy large quantities to sell....

its about non-bookstores ordering large quantities and then giving them away for bargain prices.

NYTimes started tracking that anomaly a few years back when they found out that someone used the ability to get on the NYTIMES best seller list by buying large quantities and then dumping them in a warehouse.

If the concept that 'bookstores order large quantities to sell' was true then wouldn't most best sellers have the denotation next to it?

[Bozita]

3. Last week, Beck had two daggers. Wonderin' what happened to cause the loss of one.

[spanone]

4. funny thing is, so few wingers can read

[EFerrari]

6. I miss the days when I thought the old gray ho was a news outlet.n/t