As a former librarian and bookseller, never trust that any rightwing political book (or "history " book) is an actual best seller. Their audience is too cheap to buy and hates libraries too much to borrow in big numbers.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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The GOP’s big bulk book-buying machine is boosting Republicans on the bestseller lists [2021]
(www.washingtonpost.com)
Do they burn their own books? I mean... what do you do with all those books?
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Honestly from a results-based perspective it's pretty damn smart. Liberals and progressives should really be adopting these kinds of tactics to combat the right's use of them