Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:46AM4 comments ›
Wed Jan 14, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
2008 book sales figures and moments of zen
First, the moment of zen:
So, since her next-to-last book only moved 126,000 units (we don't have numbers on her new book yet) who should Ann Coulter be taking advice from?
Well, Stephenie Meyer, for one, who sold about 15 million books last year. (No exaggeration -- her "Twilight" books held four of the top ten spots for 2008 in the US, according to Nielsen Bookscan.) Jeff Kinney, for another, who sold 721,000 copies of Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and 696,000 of Roderick Rules. (She should also be listening to Barack Obama, who sold 1.44 million books, though somehow I doubt she will; Jodi Picoult, J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Christopher Paolini, and yes, Bill O'Reilly, who moved 387,000 of his new book last year.)
How about comics? Well, Secret Invasion moved 1.3 million issues total as the best selling comic of last year, I guess Ann has to listen to Brian Michael Bendis. And Peter David too, he sold about 460,000 issues of Dark Tower: Long Road Home. That will just make Peter's day. Alan Moore, too, with the best-selling graphic novels of 2008-- even 20 years old.
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Comments (4)
Russ Rogers (2:40 PM on Wed Jan 14, 2009)
Thanks, Glenn. I loved seeing the the debate between O'Rielly and Coulter degenerate into "No, you don't." "Yes, I do." "No. You don't." "Yes. I do." "NO! YOU DON'T!" "YES! I DO!" The only thing missing was "Nyah, nyah, na-nyah nyah!" or "I'm rubber and you're glue..." And you know how much I love Ann Coulter! O'Rielly is a close second for my affections.
I'm really proud that I'm one of the 225 votes that put Al Franken over the top in Minnesota!
Better Dead Than Red (12:35 PM on Wed Jan 14, 2009)
Seriously Glenn...Can you people not stay out of politics? I read this site for COMIC BOOK news and notes. Not Ann Coulter and these type of bogus articles, bashing any and everything that is conservative. Let it go...If you want to politicize, take it over to Michael Davis World (which doesn't mask itself as a Comic Book based site)
Glenn Hauman (2:27 PM on Thu Jan 15, 2009)
You don't find it interesting that Alan Moore, Brian Bendis, Jeff Kinney, Stephenie Meyer and Peter David outsell Ann Coulter? That, almost by definition, they have more clout in the American marketplace of ideas?
Heck, even Bill O'Reilly has more impact than she does, although she's obviously loath to admit it.
Russ Rogers (3:30 PM on Thu Jan 15, 2009)
You really want to claim Ann Coulter as a spokesman for Conservatism? You couldn't pick George Will? Somebody smarter, better spoken, less ... icky than Coulter? How about David Gergen? He's cool. I have nothing against David Gergen!
You are right. Most of the truly political commentary on ComicMix walked over to