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Unfit For Command hits #1 on NYT best sellers list
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dallasbob
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:38 pm    Post subject: Unfit For Command hits #1 on NYT best sellers list Reply with quote

....according to newsmax.com.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Unfit For Command hits #1 on NYT best sellers list Reply with quote

dallasbob wrote:
....according to newsmax.com.


Just chk'd NYT online, still at #3....??
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Unfit For Command hits #1 on NYT best sellers list Reply with quote

Beatrice1000 wrote:
dallasbob wrote:
....according to newsmax.com.


Just chk'd NYT online, still at #3....??


Worldnetdaily also ran this story. The #1 position will not be posted until sept 5

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40145
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh the play of words, WND states this:

Unfit for Command," the scathing critique of John Kerry's service in
Vietnam, will appear on the New York Times best-seller list at No.
1 on Sept. 5.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would have been #1 if they would have printed more copies.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

or if bookstores bothered to stock copies
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfit for Command!!!!! Just got back from a trip down to 2 of the largest chains of bookstores here in Charlotte. This book is SOLD OUT!!! That is sold out in a good way, not the Kerry kind of "sold out".
Was told by the employees they can not get enough copies. Demand is sky high..
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:50 pm    Post subject: Book exchanges? Reply with quote

As of 8/24/04, a Barnes&Noble store near me had about 15 copies left. But wouldn't 15 unread copies in CT be more useful in FL or OH or PA?

If any of you who want the book are frustrated by delivery delays, we might want to consider a system of book exchanges. If someone in a low-demand area posts that "there are X-number of books available in Y-city USA", others in high-demand "sold-out" areas could order books. Then the person in the low-demand area could buy the books and sell them at cost (book price + sales tax + postage).

While bookstore prices are higher than online outlets, it is crucial that the books get read BEFORE THE ELECTION, so extra time might be worth the money.

What do you think--does this sound reasonable?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 10:36 pm    Post subject: book exchange? Reply with quote

This would be a tradeoff between getting as many people to read the book as possible before the election and cutting into the book's sales - especially if/when Regnery gets even with the demand. The first objective - to get many readers - is very important, but I would suggest giving Regnery 3 or 4 weeks to catch up. Anybody else want to chime in on this? Wink

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfit for Command
Sold out at bookstores everywhere.

Love that Amazon.com
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We're all looking forward to how the Times describes the book in the one sentence summary on the bestseller list. No doubt it will be fair and balanced.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Swift vets hit no. 1

Retired Gen. Tommy Franks' command of The New York Times best-seller list will be brief, because of the intense interest in what some other veterans have to say.

After two weeks at No. 1, Franks' "American Soldier" will drop to No. 2 on the list to be published Sept. 5, when "Unfit for Command," the account of the Swift boat vets against John Kerry, takes the top slot.

The book's rise is remarkable since the Sept. 5 list is based on sales last week, when copies were unavailable in many stores.

Demand had depleted Regnery Publishing's initial printing of 85,000 copies. It'll have 650,000 in print by next week.

Passions over the book have run so high - pro and con - that Amazon.com, where it's ranked No. 1 for days, has loosened its policy on post-your-own reviews.

In line with "presidential election year politics," Amazon says it'll allow personal attacks as long as they're not obscene.

A total of 1,151 customer reviews of "Unfit" were posted as of yesterday afternoon - an extraordinary total.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NY Times Lists it as #1. right now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/books/bestseller/0905besthardnonfiction.html
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From DrudgeReport.com on 9/1/04 at 1:15PM.

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UNFIT FOR COMMAND' STAYS #1 BOOK IN NATION WITH 70,011 SCANNED FOR WEEK [133,221 SINCE RELEASE]... OVER FRANKS 'AMERICAN SOLDIER' 27,125 [166,333 TOTAL] ... OVER CLINTON 'MY LIFE' 15,583 [1,058,232]... OVER NYT MAUREEN DOWN 15,380 FOR WEEK [64,688 TOTAL]...

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SpookGroup_Stache wrote:
NY Times Lists it as #1. right now:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/books/bestseller/0905besthardnonfiction.html


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