Major retailers reportedly selling Palin's Going Rogue below cost

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Walmart.com dropped price from list price of $28.99 to $10, then to $9 and below as other retailers matched it. On October 15, Walmart.com began offering preorders of Going Rogue, along with nine other new book releases, for $10. After Amazon.com reportedly matched the price, Walmart.com "struck back, slashing its prices to $9" . Amazon also dropped its price to $9 . Target.com joined in the price war, prompting Walmart.com to drop its price further . By November 5, Walmart.com was selling the book for $8.98, Target.com was selling it for $8.99, and Amazon was selling it for $9. The respective retailers were still selling the book at those prices as of November 16. All three retailers give the book's list price as $28.99. Screen shots of the November 5 prices are below



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No wonder these right-wing books become best-sellers. Ann Coulter's books were inflated too.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. There's an Audio CD of this crap?

Hours and hours of Palin droning on about herself? Where do I get MY copy?

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Barnes & Noble...

They're a blue company... You betcha!

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Going-Rogue/Sarah-Pali...

(Introductory sale price available for a limited time, only... )

[napi21]

2. Gotta promote the nutball's book ya know! That's the only way they can get it to be in the top 10!

You do know that Newsmax was swlling the book for $4.98 with a subscription too.

[dysfunctional press]

3. on a side note- bulk sales should NOT count toward any sales rankings.

for any book.

just my opinion.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Especially not in states where wood-burning stoves are common. nt

[LuvNewcastle]

4. How much does it cost to make

a hard-back copy of a book?

[taterguy]

19. Simply printing it is fairly cheap, about 2-3 bucks per copy

Depending on things like the method used, type of paper and amount of color illustrations.

Then you have to pay for shipping, royalties, advertising, marketing and salaries of everyone involved.

It all adds up.

[greennina]

5. Why are they selling it in the first place?

We should boycot every single one of those repuke-worshipers.

[demwing]

17. I think because of the 1st amendment

[rucky]

6. Sarah Palin: The Loss Leader of the GOP.

[Fuzz]

7. The day it's released?

[Gregorian]

9. She's a nitwit. How could her book be interesting to anyone but a nitwit.

I find it disgusting that this country can devote so much air time to such a dim creature.

We have a long way to climb in order to call ourselves civilized.

You couldn't pay me to take her book. I've got better things to do. Like hammering nails.

[patrice]

11. Fail? After all of the media hype? Well, isn't THAT interesting. nt

[DainBramaged]

12. Not fit as toilet paper..................

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Lose leaders,

learn what that means, not that I expect this piece of crap to work that way.

[tavalon]

14. They would have to pay me a tidy sum to read that crap

Heck, I wouldn't pay a dime to crap on it.

[mwb970]

15. It's $14.50 on Amazon today.

I wonder how many copies will be purchased but never read. Ironically, Palin's most dedicated supporters are those least likely to be capable of reading a 432-page book. The longest text they can handle are tweets and Facebook posts, apparently. Oh, and the Bible.

[malaise]

16. I wouldn't pay one penny for

that crap. Indeed I wouldn't pick it up if it were free.

[Vinca]

18. Pity the dollar store - they'll never move all those books.