• 19 Nov 2009 at 12:20 PM

Booksellers Taking Money Out Of Times Reporter’s Pocket

By Bess Levin

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Comments (23)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    I hate this guy

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    maybe that’s how much your book’s worth, ARSE.

  3. 3
    Posted by pfluger | November 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    Hey Sorkin, you fuckin’ wimp – Afta what you did to me, now you wanna get into a fuckin’ price war? Ok, pal, I’ll teach ya to fuck wit me, ya porcaccione.
    -cg
    porcaccione m. pig, slob.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    Price war? It’s called moving product at the intersection of supply and demand. Idiot

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    @4 exactly. stfu up sorkin.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    @4 I was being facetious.
    -andy rs

  7. 7
    Posted by pfluger | November 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    @4″ “Va’ a fare in culo”

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    In hindsight, the bubble in the bubble book business was obvious.

  9. 9
    Posted by NakedShort | November 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    4=economist. examine your motives.

  10. 10
    Posted by pfluger | November 19, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    @4= undergrad with C in Eco 101 class, and very proud of it.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    @10 am I wrong?
    -4

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    A in Econ 101 at Princeton. Cocksucker.
    -4

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    8 FTMFW! COTD right there.

  14. 14
    Posted by Joe Mac | November 19, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    Melissa Lee: The face says I’m bored. The hose say I can’t wait for Chazz to get home!

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    No bid at 13.50.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    still not low enough. in fact I don’t think you could pay me enough to read the self-serving drivel of self-appointed masters of the universe as told to their hand-selected sock puppet.
    aforesaid sock puppet is probably laughing all the way to the bank, his royalty is likely based on number of copies or wholesale revenues, the more the retailer discounts it the better.

  17. 17
    Posted by plfuger | November 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    @11/4:
    Of course not. Like I said, C in econ 101.
    Dr. Obvious: It was a joke.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    And it looks like ARS can’t conjugate a verb.
    - C+ in Journalism

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    Amazon (and likely Wal-Mart as well) pays the author a percentage of the “reccomended price” that the author and Amazon agree to at the outset. If Amazon chooses to discount the book, the author’s percentage is still based on the original reccomended price. So ARS should be pumped that he’s getting paid a percentage of $20.00 while Amazon and Wal-Mart are almost forcing the book on buyers at cutrate prices. They are actually putting even more money in his wallet.

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    “Too Big To Fail” A.R.S.- 352 pages, $13.50, $0.0384/page, $0.0767/sheet
    Charmin 2-ply 18 rolls, 176 sheets each $15.99 from FreshDirect. $0.005/sheet
    ++++++++++
    Charmin, comfortably, FTW

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    (1) Any chance he doesn’t make his own paper’s best-seller list?
    (2) @16, @19 – doesn’t matter what it’s a percentage of if nobody’s buying it…

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    I hate to say this but didn’t TGFD call this one? I hate the guy but his insight has got to be a wake call for people that write books aboout wall street.
    ARS = douche. examine your shitheel.
    Just sayin’

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | November 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    aboout – sorry, I’m canadian.
    -22

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