USATODAY.com – Anti-Bush books continue to sell
Newsmaking allegations, White House rebuttals and a ready audience for anti-Bush books have helped make Richard A. Clarke’s Against All Enemies a big best seller, publishing officials say.
Against All Enemies, released Monday, had an announced first printing of 300,000 copies and an additional 100,000 already have been ordered, according to the Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
“It’s blowing out at our stores,” says Bob Wietrak, a vice president of merchandising at Barnes & Noble, Inc. “There has been phenomenal publicity. The book has been talked about on every talk show and every news show you can think of. Also, he’s an authority. He was there.”
Wietrak says the White House criticisms have only helped the book. Against All Enemies was ranked No. 1 on Amazon.com’s list of best sellers as of Tuesday afternoon and has raised sales for other works attacking Bush, including Kevin Phillips’ American Dynasty and Ron Suskind’s The Price of Loyalty, a collaboration with former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill.