Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s EPIC FAIL
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi aren’t busy presiding over the 110th Congress, they can be seen pitching their insanely boring, uninspiring, and disastrous books which have only sold a combined 6,500 copies. Perhaps this should come as no surprise as they also preside over one of the lowest rated congresses of all time with an approval rating lower than that of President George W. Bush (another great underachiever). Then again, wouldn’t you think through the sheer power of their positions, especially Pelosi as the first woman Speaker of the House and third in line to the Presidency, they could put up some more impressive numbers?
The sales performances of Pelosi’s Know Your Power: A message to America’s Daughters and Reid’s The Good Fight are nothing less than embarrassing when you consider than Scott McClellan’s What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Corruption sold over 170,000 and Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope was a New York Times best seller before he even declared his candidacy for the presidency. Personally, I can’t help but wonder what their expectations were. Did they just assume they’d become bestselling authors overnight? Was Pelosi already in talks with Susan Sarandon to play her in the motion picture about the first Madame Speaker?
Let me put this failure in perspective. I am a nobody who decided to take a stab at writing a novel back in 2004. I wrote The Xpatriot, self-published it, marketed it through my own website, set-up distribution in online stores and pounded the pavement personally to get it stocked in bookstores here in the DR. I sold just over a thousand copies before it fizzled. Most self-published books sell about 75. Pelosi and Reid are two of the most powerful American political figures of modern times. This example does not show how cool I am, but how un-cool both of them are for not completely blowing me out of the water on the first day.
FYI: I pulled my book from distribution primarily because it had completely topped out as far as sales go and someday I’d like to re-edit it and include a sequel in the same book.
Sidenote: Check out the reviews of Pelosi’s book on Amazon. She earned one star as an overall rating with hundreds of reviews (many so unflattering that they have been removed.)
About the Author: Randall H. Miller is an American college educator/blogger. He is also a former U.S. Army officer (82nd Airborne) with a M.A. in Diplomacy (focusing on International Terrorism) and a B.A. in Criminal Justice. Use the form on the right to sign up and receive notifications of new content. The words and ideas expressed here are 100% his own and not those of his employers or affiliated organizations.
Daniel Williams | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
My book was no great success, but it sold better than those by Pelosi and Ried.
How about sending me a copy of The Xpatriot? Would love to read it!
RHM | Aug 14, 2008 | Reply
Done, Daniel. Send me your mailing address.
You’ve been reading and commenting on TheCandidacy.com since I could count our readers on one hand.
I’ll have one shipped to you from my distributor in the states (aka Mom.)
RHM