Book Buyers Less Into Lesbianism Than Frat Boys
Poor Mary Cheney. PageOneQ reports:
Mary Cheney’s book, Now It’s My Turn, has sold less than 6,000 copies since it hit bookstores…. With a reported advance of $1 million, Simon and Schuster would need to realize a profit of $166.66 on each book sold so far in order to break even, an impossible goal for a book with a cover price of $25.00.
Sales numbers from Neilsen Bookscan, as reported by the Advocate, indicate that during the week of June 3, the books sold 574 nationwide. This number, the Advocate reported, is 77% less sales than the number sold during the book’s first week on the shelves, 2,445.
Sounds like Mary should leave literary lesbianism to her Mom.
An report on a recent book signing by Cheney, after the jump.
The signing took place late last month. Here’s the report:
Where were all the Lace Curtain Republicans? Everybody was ‘girlcotting’ Mary Cheney’s booksigning at Trover’s Book Shop on Capitol Hill. I remember when “Growing Up Brady” had people out on the sidewalk. Not so for “Growing Up Bratty.”There were just some sales people & her security team. I didn’t want to get too close nor linger too long and be mistaken for a fan and/or stalker.
But the blame for the book’s poor sales may not rest entirely upon Cheney’s shoulders; she was limited by her material. It’s tough to pen a bestseller without a little bit of this.
Very few sales for Mary Cheney’s book [PageOneQ]
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Everyone knows that in order to sell books nowadays, you gotta plagiarize.
And I suppose a halfway-interesting subject matter would help too.
by Boomdog on 06/12/06 04:07 PM
By linking to the ass-fucking tag, you only manage to show that haven't posted any ass-fucking related stories since April. C'mon guys, you're getting distracted by the Fran Townsends of the world from your core mission!
by jfruh on 06/12/06 04:48 PM
i suppose a fan base would help. it's kinda hard when you've alienated everyone in the world. maybe her "life partner" could just buy a bunch of the copies. if she can show that she owns 10,000 copies of the book, maybe she would be allowed into the ICU when Mary is old and dying.
by konstantConsumer on 06/12/06 04:55 PM
Didn't anyone tell her the way to sell books is to ridicule 9/11 widows? Oh and be anorexic enough to stop menstruation.
by Chrisafer on 06/12/06 06:13 PM
Wait, Mary Cheney is a lesbian?
Shame on you, Wonkette, for that cheap and tawdry political trick!
by Barnacle on 06/12/06 06:21 PM
um, who gives a f*ck? cheney meney bananafana mo'meney, cheney
She's a loser, her dad is a big asshole, and he's ridin' dirtee.
by Destardi on 06/13/06 03:08 AM
From a Denver Post review:
"....one of the reasons Cheney wrote "Now It's My Turn." In particular, she wanted to clear up misconceptions about her father.
To sum it up: "He's not Darth Vader." "
I just don't see why people are not breaking down the doors of bookstore to get this memoir.
OMG, he's NOT Darth Vader....? NOT Vader? wow....
by zygote on 06/14/06 12:09 AM
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