candidates' books don't seem to be selling very well

[pruner]

Just a few of these titles will sell more than a few thousand copies. But publishers see them as a low-risk way to reach a serious audience, sometimes with the aid of campaigns that buy copies to give supporters.

Sen. John Edwards' camp, for instance, bought some of the nearly 50,000 copies of his new book, "Four Trials," and offers them as a bonus to those who contribute $35.

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By contrast, "An Amazing Adventure" - a memoir of the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign by Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah - has sold just 2,000 since its January release, according to Nielsen Bookspan, which tracks 70% of the retail market.

Since they arrived in October, Wesley Clark's "Winning Modern War," a look at the Iraq conflict, has sold more than 11,000 copies, while Sen. John Kerry's "A Call to Service" has sold just 1,500, Bookspan said.

Dean's frontrunner status is reflected in the 75,000-copy printing for "Winning Back America" - a paperback priced at a student-friendly $11.95.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/143654p-127154c.html

[SahaleArm]

1. Dean's book went straight to paperback?

:evilgrin:

[JailBush]

2. "An Amazing Adventure"???

Yeah, right, Joe. He should change the title to "An Amazingly Lousy Campaign - for a Republican."