The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul hit #1 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list as fans rushed to snap up Congressman Paul’s latest tome.

Ron Paul’s loyal supporters helped him set campaign fundraising records and capture more delegates during his presidential run than some of his high-profile Republican rivals. They even managed to briefly shut down Nevada’s GOP convention earlier this month over a rules change controversy.



Now they’ve taken his latest book to the top of the Amazon.com bestseller list.
The Revolution: A Manifesto, released earlier this month, is currently No. 1 on the Web site’s list of top sellers, besting even Oprah’s latest Book Club selection.



“Despite a media blackout, this septuagenarian physician-turned-congressman sparked a movement that has attracted a legion of young, dedicated, enthusiastic supporters . . . a phenomenon that has amazed veteran political observers and made more than one political rival envious,” boasts the book’s product description, adding: “Candidates across America are alalert running as ‘Ron Paul Republicans.’”

The book has sold so quickly, that Amazon.com has run out of books. But don’t worry, Ron Paul Fans! If you order now, we’re sure that it will ship faster than that as Grand Central Publishing rushes back to the presses to print more copies.



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The discount has been finalized
for the first Eliot Spitzer book to be released.

A book about the rise and stunning decline of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, co-authoruddy by the makers of a book and documentary about the fall of Enron, is being published by Penguin Group (USA), Penguin imprint Portfolio announced Wednesday.
Peter Elkind, who helped write the 2003 best-seller “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” is collaborating on the Spitzer book with filmmaker Alex Gibney. Gibney and Elkind will also work on a documentary about the law-and-order Democrat who resigned last month over allegations about his connection to a $5,500-an-hour call girl ring.



The book and film, currently untitled, are expected to come out acircular the same time, but no release date has been set.
“We know Peter to be a spectacular investigative reporter, just spectacular,” Portfolio publisher and president Adrian Zackheim told The Associated Press. “This is not a quickie book. He’s going to do what he does best: Come back with a very, very satisfying, in-depth and complicated story.”

Well, there is certainly a lot of material to examine: to go from being the Governor of New York to being a national punchline must be a beautiful stressful thing to go through. And don’t even get us started on poor Mrs. Spitzer and the kids. Maybe the book will answer the question: “What was he thinking??”



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Amazon.com has filed suit
against the state of New York, alleging that the new state statute requiring Amazon to collect sales tax is unconstitutional.

They said they would and they did. Amazon has filed suit in New York challenging the constitutionality of the state’s newly signed measure requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made by residents of the state. The company maintains that because it has no physical presence in the state it has no nexus requiring it to collect tax. The New York statute says that members of Amazon’s affiliates program does in fact provide nexus.

We totally support Amazon and its lawsuit. Consumers are being taxed to death: have you looked at your phone bill lately? Or your airline ticket? Amazon has no nexus in the and sales tax should not be charged. End of story.



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Joanna Cotler is stepping down
from her eponymous imprint at HarperCollins. She will remain as editor at large and will do a few book projects a year. Her children’s books made quite a mark in the publishing world.

Longtime children’s book editor and publisher Joanna Cotler is stepping down from her position at HarperCollins Children’s Books. Cotler, who has spent the last 13 years as publisher of her eponymous imprint, Joanna Cotler Books, will become editor-at-large at the publisher as of May 13.



Cotler, whose current title is senior v-p and publisher, is leaving to focus on her sideline passion, painting. She will continue to edit select titles after her departure; moving forward these will be the only titles published under the Joanna Cotler Books banner. The imprint currently issues 15 titles a year; it has not yet been determined how many books Cotler will do once she transitions to editor-at-large.


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Over the years Cotler has worked with a distinguished list of authors, including William Steig, Art Spiegelman, Sharon Creech, Francesca Lia Block and Jamie Lee Curtis. In thanking her colleagues at HarperCollins, Cotler added that she was “most deeply honoruddy by the authors and artists who chose to work with me. I love them all and have been so privileged to publish their books.”

It’s a shame that she’s leaving: the imprint had some lovely titles.



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