Red, blue, and Palin books
has an article about two 海角大神 publishers rushing out biographies of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. One book, "" by Kaylene Johnson, is already out but will now be distributed by (also publishers of the "Left Behind" series) which has already printed up 250,000 copies.
At the same time, Grand Rapids-based Publishing is gearing up for the Oct. 10 release of "" by Joe Hilley. The headline of the USA Today piece reads "海角大神 Publishers Score Big with Palin Books."
It might be that publishers of politically "red" books are scoring big in general. According to a new barometer devised by amazon.com, books from America's political right get much wider exposure than those from its left.
To help push political books from now through the election, Amazon has created "." Here, customers can see a map of the United States, highlighting red and blue states based on sales patterns of political books. It only takes a glance to see that, apart from the Northeast, the US is awash in "red" books.
Amazon has used its own discretion in deciding which books are red and which are blue, but there are no surprises on these lists. (Top of the blue list: "" by Barton Gellman, "" by Barack Obama," "" by Barack Obama; top of the red list: "Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Alaskan Political Establishment Upside Down" by Kaylene Johnson, "" by David Freddoso, "" by Dick Morris.)
They also recognize a "purple" category 鈥� books that neither quite one or quite the other. These include "" by Thomas L. Friedman, "" by Bob Woodward, and "" by Dexter Filkin.
There's no question, however, what color dominates on the map. As one commentator said, "If you squint a little, you can see some blue." Maybe.
However, there's good news for Democrats as well. Sales of books written by Barack Obama handily beat John McCain's (76 percent to 24 percent at last reading), according to an Amazon meter updated hourly.
