Still pretty damn good for a fifty-year-old book and a dead author.

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Still pretty damn good for a fifty-year-old book and a dead author.

TB — 3/22/2009 7:05:24 PM (archived)

If I, as an author, were anywhere in the top 100 on Amazon, I'd be one happy camper. I was pleasantly surprised to find Thomas Paine at #56.

If you narrow the Amazon bestseller list down to "Classics," you get this.

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"Atlas Shrugged" at #30 on Amazon sales - TB - 3/15/2009 5:52:04 PM
- OMG!!! It's up to #20!! - et - 3/25/2009 6:01:20 PM
- I wish this website was in my imagination... - et - 3/24/2009 11:11:11 PM
  - Now, why didn't I think of that? - Clear - 3/25/2009 1:41:15 AM
    - I'm glad the image had his name on it.... - et - 3/25/2009 5:53:00 PM
  - Nice try - TB - 3/25/2009 12:33:09 AM
    - Rub my nose in it... - et - 3/25/2009 5:49:11 PM
      - Heh. - TB - 3/25/2009 7:46:11 PM
        
        As usual, you see what you want to see... - End Transmission - 3/26/2009 12:56:59 AM
        
        You think ARI buys the books off Amazon? - TB - 3/26/2009 3:24:47 AM
        
        No, not really... - End The - 3/26/2009 3:13:16 PM
        
        In short... - TB - 3/26/2009 3:42:48 PM
        
        I didn't make up a meme. - et - 3/27/2009 5:41:05 PM
      - I confess. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2009 7:45:54 PM
        
        Air drops--bad idea - TB - 3/25/2009 7:47:12 PM
        
        WKRP? (n/t) - podrock - 3/25/2009 8:53:42 PM
        
        Yep. Classic bit. (n/t) - TB - 3/25/2009 10:44:25 PM
        
        That was fast. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2009 7:50:09 PM
  - Just for laughs: - podrock - 3/25/2009 12:17:14 AM
- American Retards Think Fiction Is Real - Zombie Clone - 3/23/2009 12:34:16 PM
- Dagny smiles - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2009 3:46:56 AM
- Book buyers shrug, down to #44. (n/t) - et - 3/22/2009 2:11:29 PM
  - Pretty good publicity stunt for the lot buyer to Amazon-bomb the rankings. (n/t) - et - 3/24/2009 3:15:39 PM
    - At #26 today - TB - 3/24/2009 5:28:26 PM
  - Still pretty damn good for a fifty-year-old book and a dead author. - TB - 3/22/2009 7:05:24 PM
    - Not bad, really. - Bowser - 3/22/2009 10:51:16 PM
      - re: Not bad, really. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2009 2:56:32 AM
        
        Pay attention, Techie - Robert - 3/23/2009 7:08:30 PM
        
        This from someone who gets his philosophical insights from John Dean. - TB - 3/23/2009 9:50:31 PM
        
        My god, you really are stuck in the past - Robert - 3/24/2009 12:52:32 AM
        
        re: semiliterate lout - TB - 3/24/2009 1:21:46 AM
        
        Translation (apologies to Steven Sondheim) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/24/2009 2:44:11 AM
        
        Doesn't scan, and you can't sing it to the melody. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/26/2009 11:35:04 AM
        
        And I misspelled Stephen's name too. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2009 1:40:55 AM
        
        Robert is taking care of himself. I'm just a music lover. - Mary Anne - 3/27/2009 12:28:02 PM
        
        Hacky - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2009 6:25:12 AM
        
        Not bad. - TB - 3/24/2009 3:57:23 AM
        
        Yes, something like that. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/24/2009 4:27:53 AM
        
        The Carpenters??? - Mary Anne - 3/26/2009 11:46:25 AM
        
        PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2009 6:02:39 AM
        
        She was a big hit across The Pond. - Mary Anne - 3/28/2009 9:14:59 PM
        
        Thanks for sharing! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2009 10:32:20 PM
        
        "World's Tackiest Beer Mug" - TB - 3/28/2009 10:03:26 PM
        
        "World's Tackiest Beer Mug" - TB - 3/28/2009 10:03:21 PM
        
        What are you talking about? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/27/2009 11:38:53 AM
        
        Probably this... - TB - 3/27/2009 3:29:29 PM
        
        Oh! Thanks! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/28/2009 8:05:23 PM
        
        Yes, The Carpenters. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2009 1:59:05 AM
        
        That's what I thought you meant. - Mary Anne - 3/27/2009 12:20:25 PM
        
        Pssst! Tom! Psst! - Robert - 3/24/2009 2:26:56 AM
        
        Heh, heh. THIS from someone who hasn't been correct yet. It's called "chutzpah"! - Bowser - 3/23/2009 10:54:00 PM
        
        You have a very limited number of arrows in your quiver. - RobVG - 3/23/2009 11:50:14 PM
        
        OK. Would you care to make any sense? - Bowser - 3/24/2009 12:42:42 AM
        
        Dude - RobVG - 3/24/2009 1:16:47 AM
        
        Never mind. Sorry I asked. Didn't mean to pin you down. My bad. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2009 12:43:47 AM
        
        QED (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2009 11:21:56 PM
        
        There is no... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2009 10:10:55 PM
        
        Explaining the Atlas Shrugged/Objectivist message. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2009 9:44:28 PM
        
        You lose - Robert - 3/24/2009 12:55:21 AM
        
        Isn't that what happens to most of my posts? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/24/2009 1:42:54 AM
- re: "Atlas Shrugged" at #30 on Amazon sales - Marsby - 3/20/2009 10:06:56 PM
- Down to #34. - et - 3/15/2009 11:51:34 PM
- #2 - "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment" - Bowser - 3/15/2009 6:33:43 PM
- I'm waiting for the musical. (n/t) - ER - 3/15/2009 6:01:13 PM

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