Explosive "Fire and Fury" book tops best-seller lists, flies off bookstore shelves
Source: CBS News
Author Michael Wolff's bombshell expose on the Trump administration has shot to the top of Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's best-seller lists. Amazon (AMZN) customers purchasing the hardcover edition of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," which publisher Henry Holt & Co. released four days ahead of schedule amid unexpectedly strong demand, will have to wait two to four weeks for shipping, according to the e-commerce site.
Barnes & Noble (BKS) lists the book as being "temporarily out of stock" on its website. According to BuzzFeed, an independent bookseller in Washington, D.C., sold out of the book less than 20 minutes after its midnight release. Book wholesale distributor Ingram Content
"Right now it's probably safe to say that the total number of people who have read this book is in the small number of thousands, but in a week it will be 100,000 or 200,000," said Mike Statzkin, a publishing industry consultant.
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Wolff's four-decade-long career in media has focused on the lives of the rich and powerful, including media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. At times, Wolff has gotten scathing reviews for some of his seven books for his writing style, as well as what some critics claim is a focus on issues of style rather than substance.
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"Wolff has gotten scathing reviews for some of his seven books for his writing style, as well as what some critics claim is a focus on issues of style rather than substance."
In this case I'd say that much of 45*s substance IS his style (or actually his lack of style).
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)A package deal of a Kindle and Fire and Fury.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)rzemanfl
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(28,270 posts)My board name is real, but I recognize a good idea when I see it.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)We have been in the deep freeze for 3 weeks now, I'm so sick of it!
I got out of work at 11 pm a few weeks ago and the temp was 9 degrees below zero in the car!!!!!
Winter sucks!
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Winter sucks even in Florida.
Hang in there.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)-37....that's insane!
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)concrete park bench, but thanks to the engine heater it started right up.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I don't doubt that a bit!
I had a sibling that went to college in Sault Ste. Marie years ago and every parking space on campus had a electrical connection for block heaters.
You had to use them in the winter because it got so cold up there as in your story.