NEWSFLASH: “flopped” Kos book sells more than Reynolds
So Drudge claims that Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas’ Crashing the Gate is a flop. Patrick Nielsen Hayden puts him right:
As of this morning (27 April 2006 –ed.), for Reynolds? An Army of Davids (February 2006), Bookscan reports 1716 retail sales and 2609 ?discount? sales, for a total of 4325.
As of this morning, for Armstrong and Kos?s Crashing the Gate (March 2006), Bookscan reports 2598 retail sales and 1804 ?discount? sales, for a total of 4402.
In other words, despite the fact that it?s been available for four fewer weeks, Kos and Armstrong?s book has now clocked Bookscan sales in excess of Reynolds?. Notably, several hundred more full-price sales. This is leaving aside the fact that Kos and Armstrong?s book is currently at #40 on Amazon, whereas Reynolds? is at #801.
Notice that while the difference in total sales between the Reynolds and the kos/Amstrong book is not that much, the latter relies much less on “discount” sales…
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