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Post by robeiae on Apr 27, 2021 12:26:18 GMT -5
So much crap gets published, year in and year out, we all know that. But there is a class of books out there that really annoy the shit out of me: the self-congratulatory manifestos of the political class. Cuomo actually wrote a book and was paid for it about hos awesome job handling the pandemic. Who actually bought that book? For that matter, who bought Trump's Art of the Deal? Who bought Clinton's What Happened, a 500 page whinefest (I'm assuming) about a single election? Who is going to buy a book by Adam Schiff that details the first impeachment of Trump? If people want to throw money away, I wish they'd just give it to me, instead. |
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Post by Vince524 on Apr 27, 2021 15:31:40 GMT -5
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Post by michaelw on Apr 27, 2021 19:19:16 GMT -5
Cuomo actually wrote a book and was paid for it about hos awesome job handling the pandemic. I'm sure he was paid for it, but are we sure he actually wrote it? CNN secret Santa? Speaking of book sales, according to this piece... newrepublic.com/article/161907/andrew-cuomo-got-4-million-book-deal-scandalCuomo's book has sold fewer than 50,000 copies, which seems pretty poor considering he was paid around 4 million dollars for it. I also saw that Amy Klobuchar has a new book out just today. It clocks in at a mere 624 pages. LOL.  |
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Post by michaelw on Apr 28, 2021 5:37:25 GMT -5
Re: Klobuchar's book... I do find it kind of amusing that Pete Buttigieg wrote a book called Trust and Klobuchar followed up with a book called Antitrust.  |
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Post by robeiae on Apr 28, 2021 9:24:28 GMT -5
Actually, Klobuchar's book may actually be legitimate, insofar as it apparently goes through a lot of history and policy. It doesn't look like an ego trip, as opposed to the other ones here.
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Post by robeiae on Apr 28, 2021 9:29:46 GMT -5
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Post by michaelw on Apr 28, 2021 18:56:01 GMT -5
Actually, Klobuchar's book may actually be legitimate, insofar as it apparently goes through a lot of history and policy. It doesn't look like an ego trip, as opposed to the other ones here. Fair point. After looking into it a bit more, it actually seems kind of interesting. But I'm with you on Cuomo's book. What do you think is the deal with this kind of thing, from a business point of view? Was Cuomo's publisher willing to take a huge loss just because they really wanted the book? Or did they somehow actually think they were going to sell tons of copies and make a profit? Admittedly the latter option seems a bit silly in hindsight, but I dunno, maybe they had higher hopes initially. |
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