Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by kortilla on Friday July 30, 2021 @10:55PM
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But who are those books for? I don’t buy books about politicians I don’t like.
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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by rejectedandsad on Friday July 30, 2021 @11:15PM
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A non-trivial number of people do across the political spectrum. Political memoirs for instance are usually ghostwritten (outside of the first Obama book and maybe the Pete book given he was a nobody) and are only purchased in order to show support for the candidate. It's a team spirit thing.
Plus, I'm sure some have their own niches (satire, exposés like "Frankly we won this election" that have new reporting, etc) and many have their own historical value. I saw an ant-Tom DeLay book in the wild a few years ago well after his fall from grace and considered buying it just as a keepsake of the era.
Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by kortilla on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:32PM
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No, not books meant to paint politicians in a good light. I’m talking about these “orange man bad” books. Why would I want to spend hours of my life reading more details about a man I don’t want occupying my mind?
Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
by WalterBright on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:14AM
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I do. "Don't like" is not the same as "not interesting".