Publishers usually anticipate a surge in preorders following widespread press coverage of a book announcement, but the release of former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s book failed to generate any noticeable sales.
It currently ranks #1,728,594 in books on Amazon.
Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson is now #1 on Amazon’s new releases list — a rarity for a book about politics, especially for one that hasn’t even come out yet.
From the authors: “The real issue wasn’t his age, per se. It was the clear limitations of his abilities, which got worse throughout his presidency. What the public saw of his functioning was concerning. What was going on in private was worse.”
A check of Amazon’s “Movers and Shakers” list finds How to Stand Up to a Dictator is #1, with Handmaid’s Tale, Animal Farm, Brave New World, and Men Who Hate Women all in the top 50.
Melania Trump’s memoir was widely panned by critics but it’s at the top of the New York Times weekly nonfiction best seller list.
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.