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Mapes, Mitchell, Deutsch, Dimond Not Selling Well At Bookstores
mediabistro ^
| Jan 14, 2006
| staff
Posted on 02/12/2006 5:56:00 PM PST by wouldntbprudent
[snip]
These are the numbers through Jan. 1, according to Nielsen Media's BookScan, "which counts approximately 75% of book sales around the country:"
> Mike Wallace's "Between You and Me: A Memoir:" 60,000 sales.
> Andrea Mitchell's "Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Other Scoundrels:" 26,000 sales.
> Donny Deutsch's "Often Wrong, Never in Doubt:" 8,000 sales.
> Mary Mapes' "Truth or Duty:" 7,000 sales.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: booksales
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To: wouldntbprudent
Let me be the first to say...
BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:58:08 PM PST
by
JamesP81
To: wouldntbprudent
Mary Mapes' "Truth or Duty:" 7,000 sales.
Hmmmm. Does a lie about a lie become the truth?
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:58:40 PM PST
by
wolfpat
(Dum vivimus, vivamus.)
To: wouldntbprudent
So much hate, so few buyers.
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posted on
02/12/2006 5:58:46 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: wouldntbprudent
Mapes contends she got fired for telling the truth and now her book is getting flamed for it. So sad. :)
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:02:08 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
To: JamesP81
Well then, let me be the second to say...
BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:05:31 PM PST
by
raynearhood
("America is too great for small dreams." - Ronald Reagan, speech to Congress. January 1, 1984.)
To: JamesP81
And Andrea Mitchell could only scare up 26,000 in sales . . . . bwwwaaahhhahhhhaaa
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:06:58 PM PST
by
wouldntbprudent
(If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
To: PJ-Comix; Buckhead
CBS producer Mary Mapes, along with her role in the 60 Minutes Wednesday Memogate fiasco, was covered by nearly every media outlet, from Vanity Fair to Good Morning America, not to mention getting plenty of news and blog coverage. All that exposure doesn’t seem to have helped sales of her book.
Mapes’ Truth or Duty is already being marked down 50% to clear retailers’ shelves. The book has moved a mere 7,000 copies at stores measured by Nielsen Media’s BookScan, which counts approximately 75% of book sales around the country.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6299511.html?display=News
To: jazusamo
Love to hear from Mapes. I find her bitterness so soothing.
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:18:54 PM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: jazusamo
Any idea what kind of advance she got?
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:29:53 PM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
No idea but I'll bet it wasn't anything to write home about.
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:32:36 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
To: jazusamo
According to http://www.answers.com/topic/mary-mapes
"Mapes reportedly received an advance payment of $250,000 against her royalties for the book."
Call me jaded, but for a quarter-mill, I might drop a line to the folks.
Does she hafta cough up the advance if the royalties don't cover $250,000? At 7000 copies, she's made like $15,000 so far.
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posted on
02/12/2006 6:55:24 PM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
If she gets to keep that, I'd say the publisher is going to spend some sleepless nights. They can't sell too many more if they're being discounted already.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:04:16 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
To: wouldntbprudent
What's the break even number for the publishers?
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:06:37 PM PST
by
lawnguy
(Give me some of your tots!!!)
To: lawnguy
I'd be willing to bet it's alot more than 7000 copies.
To: lawnguy
What's the break even number for the publishers? I would guess it is more than 25K.
To: Always Right
I would guess it is more than 25K.I wish I could put the Simpsons kid on here going: HA!-Ha!
I'm torn between feeling down about our society that doesn't read, and laughing at the lib publishers who continue to throw money down rat holes.
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posted on
02/12/2006 7:51:57 PM PST
by
lawnguy
(Give me some of your tots!!!)
To: lawnguy
I'd rather our society didn't read if it was crap by the likes of Mary Mapes that they were reading.
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posted on
02/12/2006 8:50:33 PM PST
by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
To: wouldntbprudent
Mary Mapes' "Truth or Duty:" 7,000 sales.I bought one as a trophy. Wonder how many others were bought for that reason.
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posted on
02/13/2006 1:44:35 AM PST
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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