Or do bookstores only stock right wing books? The most "left" book I can find at this Books A Million is the latest from Bernie Sanders 🙃

  • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    There's a huge grift in right wing book media.

    They ghost write a book, buy it with campaign/superpac/donor/megachurch funds, and give them away at rallies, etc.

    This has 3 benefits: funnels money to the "author", reinforces loyalty of those that get a free book, and makes them appear popular+legitimate by being a "new york times bestseller" (etc) which also gets them in more bookstores as you've described.

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      No, I think Donald Trump Jr. is definitely popular enough to make his book ”Triggered” a bestseller.

      • dirtybeerglass [none/use name]
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        4 months ago

        Is that right ? Any where I can read more ?

        I know the newspapers and right wing tv channels are used to pay right wing loud mouths

        • Andrzej@lemmy.myserv.one
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          4 months ago

          I can't really furnish you with a link, though I saw some pretty convincing breakdowns back when I was on Twitter. Long story short, nobody is actually buying e.g. James Ball's books — they don't even print nearly enough to cover what the author is paid. It's similar to the columnist grift, which is definitely a thing in the US too