Interesting - How NYT Bestsellers List Is Tricked

Four Star Member Number of posts : 636 Registration date : 2008-06-08

This is interesting and shows how everything is not as it seems in book sales and rankings.

Mitt Romney boosted sales of his book this spring by asking institutions to buy thousands of copies in exchange for his speeches, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1010/How_Romney_made_a_bestseller.html?showall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvJUWwppaTs

Five Star Member Number of posts : 5044 Registration date : 2009-03-28

Hey DT, this is an old story, I recall reading about such manipulations years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/28/books/article-says-2-authors-tried-to-exploit-times-list.html

Can't trust anyone, can ya. Smile

Five Star Member Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09

Don't most speakers charge for speeches?
He's asking for book sales in exchange for money for the speeches.

Isn't that just smart business?

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