Rush Limbaugh is currently the best selling author on Amazon...

[Gravitycollapse]

I was cruising the best selling section and threw up a little in my mouth...

http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Revere-Brave-Pilgrims-Time-Travel/dp/1476755868/ref=zg_bs_books_1







On edit: Also not particularly happy the DSM-V is so high up either.

[Just Saying]

1. That made me throw up in my mouth a little.

If I was rich, I'd buy up tons of copies of someone else's book just on principle.

People are just fucking stupid!

[Gravitycollapse]

2. I've always wondered if it's possible for an author to buy up large quantities of his own book...

Or the publisher or someone related to the venture in order to receive the moniker "best seller". It's a constant suspicion of mine with people like Limbaugh or Glenn Beck.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Happens all the time.

It's how some books wind up on the best-seller list before they even hit the stores.

Wasn't all that long ago that a certain half-term governor and full-time ditz had a book that did that. It was also not that long ago that the same book was on dollar shelves.

[Frank Cannon]

29. You bet it does.

How else could L. Ron Hubbard's shitty sci-fi show up at the top of the New York Times bestseller list year after year?

[Just Saying]

10. Yes, they do!

Check this out:

This is a long-running phenomenon -- conservative books nearly always outsell liberal books in large part because of bulk orders. A couple of months ago, for example, Mitt Romney boosted sales of his book by requiring various schools, think tanks, and institutions to buy thousands of copies in exchange for his speeches. Various conferences and Republican outlets do this all the time.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_12/027281.php

Link in this article also has some theories as to why GWB outsold Clinton.

We also can't dismiss the many angry, white men that worship that piece of shit Limbaugh.

[gordianot]

3. The Pilgrims did bring horses, they ate them.

Salted horse meat. The only thing the Pigboy Pilgrim would have done is eat his horse after it gave him open sores on his ass.

[kelliekat44]

4. Koch bros. buying in mass to give away to RWingers. Bulk buying always does for the RW.

[Gravitycollapse]

5. Ah, so my suspicions are true? Do people buy up books in mass like that?

[alittlelark]

6. Gonna be fun once it"s released and the reviews pop up!!

$1000 says his paid minions are buying up bulk orders of advance copies. We've seen this over and over with Conservative authors.

[xfundy]

14. RW groups typically buy up stupid books to improve ratings.

Then resell or give them away to idiots stupid enough to want them, and stupid enough to send an "offering" to get them "free." This is standard practice among the "culture war" crowd.

It's not a new game at all.

[Phillyindy]

8. Yes, but let me explain why...

...Limbaugh, like Hannity, Beck, Coulter, and the rest of the right wing peanut gallery have thousands of copies of their books immediately bought by various right wing groups and organizations. Then they turn around and offer them to their "subscribers" and "members" for pennies on the dollar or even free.

This allows such books to get further publicity by making the top selling lists, make the authors look legitimate and credible, and disseminates the books to the base.

If there's one thing the right wing fascists do well...it's propaganda.

[nolabear]

13. Exactly! Look in the remainders in about a month.

It's a sucky way of paying for supposed influence.

[Phillyindy]

20. But instead...

...you'll just kick the dog before drinking yourself into another self loathing blackout.

Cheers.

[spanone]

9. and it's not even released....

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. Where are all the liberal authors?

It used to be that our guys could kick their asses in sales - Michael Moore had the bestselling book of the year with "Stupid White Men," Franken used to outsell O'Reilly

I know Al plays it safe since he got elected, but what's Moore's excuse?
Why are the top liberal authors MIA these days?

[xfundy]

16. Liberal authors still outsell.

It may be harder to find evidence than in the past, but cancervatives' book sales are typically bulk, while liberals' book sales are typically one at a time.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

21. not saying they don't sell, but wondering why so many aren't writing

Used to be, you could find plenty of left-leaning names in the top 10

Franken's last book was 2005, Moore's was 2011 (and a low-key anthology release at that), Jim Hightower's last one was 2008. Barbara Ehrenreich's was 2009. Ed Schultz 2010.

Other than Maddow, there hasn't been a big 'name' release progressive book in quite some time. And with all the nutbaggery of the tea party, there should be tons of material to work with.

[nolabear]

12. The DSM V is necessary for professionals now.

The codes are necessary for paperwork and insurance forms. It'll die back. Rush? That's just nuts.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. naturally, Rush's ego is so bloated, he couldn't even create an actual character

and just inserted himself playing dress-up into the story and tried to pass it off as creative.

Even when writing about ancient history, the only thing this guy can do is talk about himself.

[xfundy]

17. And using his "skinny pics."

I would too, but them I'm not a hateful megalomaniac with an ego larger than the Stay-Puft character from Ghostbusters.

[Marie Marie]

18. Must be filled with pictures - his followers can't read.

[Fawke Em]

22. A new employee of mine, a woman I really like

whom I sat next to for the first two months of her employment whist my office was being built...I adore this woman. She even sympathizes with the younger of the alleged Boston bombers (her daughter's roommate was a friend of his), listens to this crap.

I know this because, well, my office is done, and I wandered over to the "old" side of the building to visit my friends and she had this on.

I don't get it.

[Blue Owl]

23. L. Rush Hubbard

n/t

[Archae]

24. Bulk orders began with the Scientologists.

They'd buy up big lots of the "Dianetics" books, artificially inflating the book sales numbers.

Conservative web sites like WND and NewMax do this nowadays, only instead of warehousing the books, they are given away with memberships to NewsMax or WND.

"For just $11.99 a year you can subscribe to NewsMax's EXCLUSIVE newsletter, and get the facts about the Kenyan communist in the White House plus as an added bonus you'll receive free Rush Limbaugh's enchanting new book for your children, to teach them the truth about our history, not leftist propaganda."

(Excuse me, I have to go barf now.)

[Archae]

25. On the same page was "Atlas Shrugged 2."

And it had 4 out of 5 stars.

[alittlelark]

27. Amazon is the WalMart of the internet.

[lumpy]

26. I don't spend time nor money on trash of that calibre.

Maybe some people read that shit for a good laugh.

[Politicalboi]

28. Or use it for

A good shit. LOL!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Yes, obviously referencing that famous pilgrim, Paul Revere.

Such history can only be taught by the best Oxycotin riddled minds.