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Johonny

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Tue May 27, 2025, 09:48 AM

May 27

No one is reading this book. It is one of those here is your free gift. It's like an Anne Koulter book. Despite all those sales, I've never heard one passage quoted. It's like no one ever read page one of her crap.

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Jake Tapper's book has climbed to the #3 spot on Amazon's best seller list [View all] Kaleva May 27 OP

I am not surprised creon May 27 #1

Controversies breed headlines and sales bucolic_frolic May 27 #2

kochs Kali999 May 27 #3

Right. The Heritage Foundation and other orgs buy up all the books. yardwork May 27 #5

Did that happen with the books that were negative about Trump? Kaleva May 27 #7

I doubt the Heritage Foundation wanted those to be bestsellers. yardwork May 27 #20

Yip Johonny May 27 #8

It's easy to manipulate book sales. Intractable May 27 #4

Any evidence that that is happening here? Kaleva May 27 #6

It doesnt appear on the top 20 most read books of Mountainguy May 27 #10

Any evidence it isn't happening here? obamanut2012 May 27 #12

LOL, nope. themaguffin May 27 #13

It's not even on boonecreek May 27 #9

Thank you for this very significant point senseandsensibility May 27 #51

It is. It's #1 on the most recent update. Self Esteem May 28 #86

It is. The list updates every Wednesday. It's #1 on the list. Self Esteem May 28 #83

Didn't know their list updated on Wednesday. boonecreek May 28 #87

Why does anyone care about this? Renew Deal May 27 #11

+1. I do not know a single person in real life who gives a rat's red arse about Tapper or his book. Celerity May 27 #22

Who said sales are collapsing? SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #14

I read it here a few days ago Polybius May 27 #16

That article doesn't mention sales. sl8 May 27 #17

So you didn't read the article. SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #18

Or maybe PoliticsUSA shouldn't create articles with misleading headlines Polybius May 27 #24

LOL themaguffin May 27 #26

The problem is politicsUSA's headline is blatantly misleading fujiyamasan May 27 #27

The headline said nothing about sales either SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #35

I agree with the general premise of the politicsUSA author fujiyamasan May 27 #49

Clickbait or not SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #50

Here Kaleva May 27 #39

That poster was asking a question SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #40

The person heard it was and wanted either confirmation Kaleva May 27 #42

I don't pretend to know someone else's motivation SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #43

Or it's a rhetorical question Kaleva May 27 #47

Again I don't know what is in someone else's mind. SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #48

So then , where in my OP did I claim DUers were saying that sales were tanking? Kaleva May 27 #52

Never said you did SocialDemocrat61 May 27 #53

Then why ask me about something I didn't say? Kaleva May 28 #72

You said "sales aren't collapsing" SocialDemocrat61 May 28 #75

A person in the thread I provided a link to asked about sales tanking Kaleva May 28 #78

I never said you implied anything SocialDemocrat61 May 28 #81

Here's a recent one Kaleva May 31 #90

That was posted today SocialDemocrat61 May 31 #91

The funny thing about all this is Sympthsical May 27 #15

I want them to start Keepthesoulalive May 27 #31

You seem happy AStern May 27 #19

They simply pointed it out. Oof. themaguffin May 27 #21

You seem defensive ornotna May 27 #23

Nope. I simply replied. Oof indeed. themaguffin May 27 #25

It dropped from number 2 a few days ago fujiyamasan May 27 #28

According to Rolling Stone, it was ranked #4 May 19 Kaleva May 27 #37

I just pulled up the list and it is #2, but it's also its first week on the chart Wiz Imp May 27 #61

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Initech May 27 #29

WTF??????? vapor2 May 27 #30

You know what to do: no_hypocrisy May 27 #32

wonder what the reviews are like stillcool May 27 #33

I just looked and the average is 4.1 Tree Lady May 27 #58

Read most the negative reviews and they're generally from people angry at Tapper... Self Esteem May 28 #70

He also broke into my top ten list of 'Most Punchable Faces" for 2025 Blue Owl May 27 #34

Boy, I bet that list gets shuffled around Bettie May 27 #36

... Cha May 27 #56

Probabl due to big buys from rich Trumpers. ananda May 27 #38

why in the wolrd would anyone want to read that book? Takket May 27 #41

Jake's mommy? MorbidButterflyTat May 27 #66

tapper is spending all of his time on CNN promoting this sad and false book LetMyPeopleVote May 27 #44

Jon Stewart erupts over CNN's promotion of Jake Tapper's book on Biden's mental health. LetMyPeopleVote May 27 #45

Fmr DNC Chair Jaime Harrrison dubbed this book a A BOLD FACED LIE LetMyPeopleVote May 27 #46

Bad Things About Democrats Kingofalldems May 27 #54

Right behind Dr. Seuss's, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" W_HAMILTON May 27 #55

The places he'll go: the bargain bin and the remainder warehouse MorbidButterflyTat May 28 #67

For the rest of his life he'll tell people at the bar that his book once climbed to #3 on the Amazon best-sellers list. betsuni May 28 #69

Who's buying the copies? Chasstev365 May 27 #57

BIDEN WORLD STRIKES BACK LetMyPeopleVote May 27 #59

Has Jake Tapper been a guest on any of the popular late night talk shows? (Colbert, Seth, etc) crimycarny May 27 #60

The highest number of seen for Tapper books sold so far is 100,000 Wiz Imp May 27 #62

What's the point of this thread? MorbidButterflyTat May 27 #63

You can just ignore the thread Kaleva May 27 #64

That's telling me! MorbidButterflyTat May 27 #65

Better to ignore the OP Mysterian Jun 1 #98

The point in my opinion: Kingofalldems May 28 #80

Yes. Has a sort of "Look, Mommy! I'm riding my bike without training wheels, look!" quality to it. betsuni May 28 #85

How many of those were bulk orders? sakabatou May 28 #68

You'd have to do some research to find out Kaleva May 28 #71

This is something that will soon be forgotten thought crime May 28 #73

Not sure why that trash of half truths is being promoted here. Patton French May 28 #74

Agree... Mike Nelson May 28 #76

My goodness, what a relief! Only his professional integrity and reputation are collapsing, not sales. betsuni May 28 #77

Post removed Post removed May 28 #79

Really sorry catrose May 28 #82

people buying it as a decoration? pstokely May 28 #84

LOL Lets look at comparative book sales to other real best sellers LetMyPeopleVote May 30 #88

Has that been confirmed? Kaleva May 30 #89

Tapper's tv ratings are also crashing LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #92

His book continues to sell well Kaleva Jun 1 #93

Really? In comparison to other real authors, these sales are crappy LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #94

If it's on the best sellers list of several organizations, it's selling well. Kaleva Jun 1 #95

LOL- Tapper is a hack and a failure LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #96

Can you provide a link to the original source? Kaleva Jun 1 #97