Posted on 11/29/2021 8:20:56 PM PST by conservative98
It’s hard to recall a former politician who was showered with more free media attention than Chris Christie this month as he peddled his new book, “Republican Rescue.” Invited to appear on a carousel of shows, Christie was all-present as journalists lined up to interview him. CNN even dedicated an entire primetime hour to him, treating the in-your-face Republican as one of the most important political voices in the country.
Consumers aren’t buying it.
A senior publishing source with access to the industry’s BookScan tabulations tells me that “Republican Rescue” sold just 2,289 copies during its first week in stores, which constitutes a colossal publishing flop. That figure does not include digital copies of the book, but based on industry sales patterns, given Christie’s weak showing in stores he likely sold only a few hundred digital ones. (On Sunday, “Republican Rescue” was ranked 15,545th at Amazon’s Kindle Store.)
In comparison to Christie’s 2,000 copies debacle, Jonathan Karl’s new book “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show,” sold 24,000 hardcover copies the same week as the Christie failure. How Christie was able to sell so few books after lining up so much national media attention during his marketing roll-out — “This Week” and “The View,” “Fox & Friends,” along with Fox News, Fox Business, the Daily Show, HBO twice, and CNBC — represents an extraordinary disconnect.
It confirms that the deeply unpopular former New Jersey governor remains, first and foremost, a media creation.
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Last I heard Mark Levin has moved 1.1 million copies of his book, so he’s not far off.
Seriously, though, I’ve looked hard and have a hard time finding data on losers’ book sales. I tried to find anything on Jim Acosta and Jim Comey’s book and came up empty
Colossal Flop, alright.
They could always fly him over the Rose Bowl on January 1st before the big game.
HA HA HA no one deserves it more. Except Fauci…
Did the fat boy buy some books as give aways?
Bertelsmann owns his publisher.
The intent wasn’t to sell books.
It was to launder money to Christie.
Why Bertelsmann would want to do that...
From 2008...
https://pjmedia.com/blog/john-rosenthal/2008/11/21/german-publishings-man-in-the-white-house-n18302
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/bill_clintons_30_million_germa.html
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