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groundloop

(11,519 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 09:44 AM Jan 2018

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.

(snip)

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.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-and-fury-book-top-seller-list-flies-off-bookstore-shelves/



"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).
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Explosive "Fire and Fury" book tops best-seller lists, flies off bookstore shelves (Original Post) groundloop Jan 2018 OP
Amazon is missing a way to make big money. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #1
Ohh good idea! workinclasszero Jan 2018 #2
Thanks. I hope you are an Amazon executive and will PM me a job offer. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2018 #3
LOL sorry friend workinclasszero Jan 2018 #4
I am okay with being retired although this weather has cut into my swimming. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2018 #5
LOL workinclasszero Jan 2018 #6
The worst I can remember is -37. Now I live where it last snowed in 1977. rzemanfl Jan 2018 #7
WOW! workinclasszero Jan 2018 #8
The usually comfortable seat in my Mercury Grand Marquis was like a rzemanfl Jan 2018 #9
LOL workinclasszero Jan 2018 #10
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. LOL
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:43 PM
Jan 2018

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)
7. The worst I can remember is -37. Now I live where it last snowed in 1977.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 03:46 PM
Jan 2018

Winter sucks even in Florida.

Hang in there.

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)
9. The usually comfortable seat in my Mercury Grand Marquis was like a
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:10 AM
Jan 2018

concrete park bench, but thanks to the engine heater it started right up.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
10. LOL
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:17 AM
Jan 2018

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.

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