I find it not to wild to think everyone keeps talking about the book the next VP wrote that was publicized when it first came out and now people want to read it, but sure Pacs also could be buying it.

[–] impartial_fanboy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Books by politicians always have inflated sales, it's a (not so) backdoor way to influence them. This isn't a new thing. I'm not saying no one is buying it, just that it's a sort of meaningless statistic without more context.

[–] Antiwork@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

The context I'm using it for is I don't think everyone hates JD Vance. I think most people know next to nothing about him. No one is going out to the polls to make sure he doesn't become the VP.

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

best selling books lists are known to be farcical circle jerks. Especially political nonfiction. You do a bunch of book tours with ghouls and a bunch of think tanks buy copies to artificially inflate the sales numbers, only to resell them or give them away at events, then pundit media gives you an extra boost for regular retail sales. I mean maybe some people are organically buying hillbilly elegy, but I wouldn't have ever heard of it if it weren't for the socdem podcasts like chapo cringing at it on air (which is its own form of free attention).

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah but to be a number one book you have to sell like 200,000 copies max