Also, publishing fun fact: Ever wonder how in the hell people like Ann Coulter and Lush Limpballs shoot to the top of the best-seller lists the moment their book is released? There are conservative groups who pre-order and buy tens of thousands of copies (at a huge bulk discount, usually like 50 or 60% off the list price) for to sell at their little shitty gatherings and conventions and so on. Many times, these copies never sell, but they are counted as "sold" in the best seller lists because, technically, they have been bought. I couldn't give you an accurate estimation, but I would presume that something around 50% of these books are never "re-sold" and are either trashed or thrown somewhere in storage, never to be seen again. Commercialism!
Turns out, Cruz is selling autographed copies of the book for $85 — a significant mark-up from the $27.99 retail price.
Hahahahaha. Grifters gonna grift.
People want his autograph?
I hear that it's pretty accurate. In places.
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Also, publishing fun fact: Ever wonder how in the hell people like Ann Coulter and Lush Limpballs shoot to the top of the best-seller lists the moment their book is released? There are conservative groups who pre-order and buy tens of thousands of copies (at a huge bulk discount, usually like 50 or 60% off the list price) for to sell at their little shitty gatherings and conventions and so on. Many times, these copies never sell, but they are counted as "sold" in the best seller lists because, technically, they have been bought. I couldn't give you an accurate estimation, but I would presume that something around 50% of these books are never "re-sold" and are either trashed or thrown somewhere in storage, never to be seen again. Commercialism!
And the percentage of these literary productions that are actually read by anyone other than the pitiful hacks who generate them for hire?
I would guess roughly the same percentage as Lincoln Chafee's last poll number(s).
I'm shocked, shocked, that Ted Cruz, who proposes in apparent seriousness to |"abolish" the IRS|, would engage in this sot of flim-flammery.
All these examples of grifting are helping to redefine the concept of 'self-help' in so many ways.
Oh, I'm sure Ted signs each and every copy himself and doesn't sluff it off to some delusional volunteers who sign with an X in crayon.