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Does that explain why every surplus store winds up with so many copies of politician's autobiographies right after they leave office for good? I'll never forget
by sidewndr46 3y ago
Does that explain why every surplus store winds up with so many copies of politician's autobiographies right after they leave office for good? I'll never forget as a kid seeing aisles & aisles of nothing but Bill Clinton's "My life" for $2 per copy or something like that.
- kraussvonespy 3y agoPolitical books are a different animal than other books. You'll find political donors buying a huge number of copies to propel the book to the top of the charts to make a political statement. (my ideas can't be crazy if 50K people bought my book on the first day!) Politicians use the books for fundraising and can end up with a lot of surplus books. I suspect that the donors that purchased Clinton's book needed to free up some garage / warehouse space and dumped them when they were no long a useful political tool.