The New York Did This Outrageously
Partisan Thing
Time For Truth from its bestsellers list even as
sales of hard cover copies of the biography
reached 11,854 during its first week on shelves.
Politico reported Thursday that HarperCollins,
Politico reported Thursday that HarperCollins,
which published the book, sent a letter to the
Times asking about the biography’s absence
from the bestsellers list for the week ending in
July 4. The Times responded that the biography
didn’t meet its standards.
A Time for Truth, published on June 30, sold more copies in one week than have titles from
A Time for Truth, published on June 30, sold more copies in one week than have titles from
Cruz’s fellow GOP presidential candidates Rand Paul and Marco Rubio in one and six months,
respectively. Cruz’s book also beats all titles save two on the forthcoming Times’ list in terms
of sales.
However, Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said when questioned about the decision,
However, Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said when questioned about the decision,
“We have uniform standards that we apply to our best seller list, which includes an analysis
of book sales that goes beyond simply the number of books sold. This book didn’t meet that
standard this week.” Source: Washington Free Beacon
For those doubters in our readership, the following post was done by the New York Times in regard to Hillary's book. Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/us/politics/sales-of-hillary-clintons-new-memoir-drop-sharply-in-2nd-week.html
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