John Bolton's book is DOA

[scrabblequeen40]

Am I the only one cheering it's inevitable demise?

He put it off to maximize impact. And now, he's missed his window. LOL.

Maybe karma will pay a visit. I can see it now.... "Bolton Book Published Posthumously" with a lead that reads, "Two years after he disbanded the pandemic response team that could have spared hundreds of thousands of American lives including his own, John Bolton was laid to rest."

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, Bolton held out for money and now no one is going to give a damn about Trump unless

... Trump is going to jail with his daughter wife

[dweller]

2. who ?

n/t

✌🏼

[scrabblequeen40]

3. exactly. LOL.

[ooky]

10. ...and what?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

4. Karma strikes a again

Maybe we wouldn't be dealing with this dope still if you had some courage. He could have tesified....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Last I heard it was supposed to come out in May,

but it's unlikely that anyone gives a crap any more.

[renate]

6. this is the one bit of karma I can think of so far

Bet he's kicking himself now.

None of us would want to read it, none of the COVID45 lovers would want to read it. It's a waste of wood pulp that could better have been made into toilet paper.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. If anyone is still having trouble getting TP, once it's remaindered

for a buck a copy it might be a substitute.

[ZZenith]

7. Koo-Koo-Ka-Ching!

[sop]

8. Will he have to give back the $2 million advance he received Simon & Schuster?

[dem4decades]

14. He should, he was supposed to deliver a book that could pass the scrubbing. He didn't.

[DavidDvorkin]

19. That depends on the contract

If his agent was a good enough negotiator, then he'll be able to keep the advance, or at least the part of it he received on signing. But it all depends on the wording in the contract.

[stillcool]

11. His ego is so out of whack..

Republicans really need social distancing to stop the spread of pompous assholes.

[machoneman]

36. Ooh! Good one!

[harumph]

12. FISH WRAP

[lame54]

13. Karma would be him having to...

Shave his mustache to wear his facemask

[malaise]

15. What a fabulous OP

Rec! Rec! Rec!

[OrlandoDem2]

16. I've been wondering about him. He's awfully quiet now.

[brush]

17. He had two options. Testify or go for the money. He missed both.

Hahahahahahahahaha! He could've been somebody.

[scrabblequeen40]

38. Imagine him feeling robbed

and it makes me smile!

[skamaria]

47. He could've been a contender!

[brush]

48. Yep, from "On the Waterfront".

[Hekate]

18. I was going to get it from the public library for free, but I no longer care. He could have helped--

...the nation by testifying in the House, but nooooooo.

Screw him.

[Solomon]

20. I said this way back when

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212935867

[DavidDvorkin]

21. Amazon lists it as being available on May 12.

[scrabblequeen40]

39. No "bombshell" No sale!

Nothing he divulges at this point is going to make a difference on the outcome of history. It's pointless to even publish it now.

The news cycle has moved on.

Bolton is forgotten history. No one gives a shit now. People who matter on both sides of the aisle don't care what he has to say. Literally. No. One. Gives. A. Shit.

[Solomon]

49. It's been de-fanged.

Lol. Not worth the paper it's written on. He'll wind up buying them himself to try to get it on the list.

I worked with an attorney who did this. Wrote an autobiographical book and wound up buying them himself. Lol

[DavidDvorkin]

50. I wouldn't bet on it

Bolton is different from your attorney friend. He'll sell a lot of copies to people who hate him, people who still love him, and the simply curious.

Whether he'll sell enough copies to justify the advance is another matter. But even so, he'll probably achieve sales numbers that most authors would be delighted with.

Here are the current Amazon sales rankings for the book, based on presales:

Hardcover:
#8,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#42 in United States National Government
#9 in National & International Security (Books)
#44 in United States Executive Government


Audiobook:
#3,821 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#4 in National & International Security (Audible Books & Originals)
#18 in National & International Security (Books)
#39 in Biographies of Politicians

Kindle:
#17,070 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

#23 in Political History (Kindle Store)
#7 in National & International Security (Kindle Store)
#16 in 21st Century History of the U.S.


Not spectacular, but not bad.

[Blue_true]

22. Could not have happened to a more deserving person. The guy is a rightwing

scoundrel nut. Anyone that think he will do the right thing if it helps the Left and America is deluded.

[Hortensis]

23. All this cheering for Trump censorship protecting corruption and crimes?

Look, these are unhappy times, but this is reacting the very same way trumpsters are on other forums.

[niyad]

28. Nobody is talking censorship, only a supreme indifference to what that sycophantic scumbag

has to say. He is a mercenary coward whom most here will not help enrich.

[Hortensis]

30. Yet you can read the same gleeful messages on conservative forums

about so-far successful suppression of this insider book.

It seems obvious both types are indulging...negative reactions without thinking. Maybe ONE side is different in actually being against protecting that criminal gang, but if so they should act like it.

[niyad]

34. Again, expressing no desire to purchase the book is NOT censorship. Pointing out what

an asshole Yosemite Bolton is, is NOT censorship.

The "both sides are doing it" line is troublesome.

[scrabblequeen40]

40. Are you buying his book?

[mountain grammy]

24. since he helped Trump dismantle the Pandemic Response Team

Maybe he'll get a visit from Covid 19?

[Ford_Prefect]

29. ...Or maybe a Congressional Subpoena?

[mountain grammy]

31. and he'll pop up again down the road

like Barr. They go away and keep coming back. They just need to die already.

[SunSeeker]

25. K & R

[sarcasmo]

26. Trump is the lawsuit King.

[Mr.Bill]

33. Can you name the last one that he won? n/t

[sarcasmo]

37. Stopping Bolton's book.

[Mr.Bill]

44. We don't know that yet.

[NBachers]

27. I hope his ghostwriter was smart enough to get paid up front.

Last edited Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:24 PM - Edit history (1)

[crickets]

32. Ha! I do too.

The sad part is, Bolton could have testified and garnered all sorts of good will that might have saved the book sales and - ya know - the country. He got greedy and now his name is mud and it looks like his book will be toast.

Good.

[JDC]

35. Wonder if there is a chapter about killing the CDC pandemic team

[Blue Owl]

41. It's a novel -- like the virus

n/t

[KY_EnviroGuy]

42. Perhaps not enough left to publish after.....

Trump's minions got done ripping pages out for Trump's security......

[Judi Lynn]

43. Absolutely love the direction your post took. Wonderful! Thank you. n/t

[Gothmog]

45. I was never going to buy this book

[not fooled]

46. If he does a book tour

each and every interviewer better ask him about disbanding the pandemic response team.

And if his press agent says in advance he won't take such questions, no interview.

[captain queeg]

51. Maybe I still do believe in karma a little bit

But only if not only his book flops but no one wants to hire him for some cushy K street job.