Among us Z-list authors we’ve talked about how you could ‘buy’ your way onto the NYT Best Seller’s list…
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political action committee spent more than $1.5 million buying thousands of copies of his new memoir — accounting for about two-thirds of all copies sold nationwide — according to campaign finance filings.
The PAC spending helped propel Newsom’s memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry,” onto the New York Times bestseller list and is raising new scrutiny as his national profile builds ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run.
In November, the Campaign for Democracy Committee launched a book campaign asking donors to contribute any amount to the PAC to receive the memoir when it was released on Feb. 24. Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click told the New York Times that the PAC bought about 67,000 copies—representing a substantial portion of the 97,400 total sold.
Full article HERE from Fox News.
Looks like Newsom did just that… Must be nice!
Of course, as soon as this came out, the crawfishing started…
Newsom didn’t make a penny off them, a ‘vendor’ distributed them to 67,000 people who ‘paid’ for them, yada, yada, yada. Funny, that. Considering the original funds came from his PAC. That doesn’t sound like individual ‘people’ to me.
Of course, as usual the rules are only for us peons, not for the ‘elites’ who know better than us… spit…
I’m glad I have real friends, and will be getting together with them this evening for supper. That is the kind of stuff that money can’t buy, and I can look myself in the mirror without a problem!!!
Oh, Gavin doesn’t seem to have any problem looking at himself in the mirror, either.
He does it all the time.
Yeah, that was my first thought too.
You cannot embarrass someone who has no shame. You cannot play by the rules and hope to defeat someone who does not. And the problem is not that we don’t have the evidence. The problem is that we don’t have the will. And then there is this–
https://x.com/justkeeprunin71/status/2044577960397860971
I believe the former mayor of Baltimore pulled the same scam.
Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore, was embroiled in a scandal involving her self-published children’s book series “Healthy Holly,” which led to her resignation and a three-year prison sentence for fraud.
Java- Point…narcissistic and all…
RHT- Dead on the money!
Gerry- Wouldn’t surprise me. Not a bit!
I got a kick out of one author I know who got the list of book shops that are used to tally the numbers that matter for the NYTbest sellers list. She just had her fans order her books from those shops.