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Does anybody actually buy these books? Do they then read them? Does anybody here know anybody who knows anybody who does? Here is Current Affairs (not online) on What Happened
Reader, we can't do it. We were begged. "But it is an extremely important book," they said. "Regardless of what you think, when a major party candidate gives their candid perspective on an important election, it is worth at least writing a review." And we can't argue with them. They are right. Nevertheless: it is impossible. We cannot review Hillary Clinton's What Hap- pened, because we would have to read Hillary Clinton's What Happened, and this is simply impossible.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Fri Nov 3rd, 2017 at 11:38:40 AM EST
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A cursory search for Clinton sales finds the number 300,000 sales repeated. So I guess it sold well. Brazile's book is on the Amazon bestseller list (number nine, right now) so I guess it is selling well.

Unless those numbers are as fake as the numbers of Facebook users, which is so very possible.

by fjallstrom on Fri Nov 3rd, 2017 at 12:24:12 PM EST
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In a merica, people buy books, celebrity biographies and DIY, but they don't read them.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Nov 3rd, 2017 at 01:37:17 PM EST
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When I worked for BBC News, I'd often go into the Newsnight office (nightly deep dive into issues prog) and sift through their shelves of unread political books (free to a good home - please/beg). Some genuinely interesting but an awful load of clunkers. I'd have left Hillary's book on the shelf

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Nov 3rd, 2017 at 01:57:12 PM EST
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