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Hunter Biden's autobiography
'Beautiful Things' sells just
10,000 copies in its first week
despite his massive publicity push

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Posted By: Ribicon, 4/16/2021 10:41:09 AM

Hunter Biden's new autobiography, Beautiful Things posted disappointing sales in its first week on the shelves, selling just over 10,000 copies despite a massive promotional push. The new 272-page book detailing Hunter's struggles with addiction and tragedy debuted at #12 on the Publisher's Weekly hardcover nonfiction chart, after selling a meager 10,638 copies. It was edged out slightly in the rankings by 'The Calcium Connection: The Little-Known Enzyme at the Root of Your Cellular Health.' Topping the list was poet Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country, which sold 42,000 copies for the week.

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We're supposed to believe that the New American public adores the Bidet family, to the extent that Joey Fingers received more votes than any candidate in US history. The DNC or some other nefarious agency hasn't bought a load of books to continue the payoff (don't forget, 10% to The Big Guy) as they normally would; could be a sign that the Bidets are already done.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 4/16/2021 10:53:59 AM (No. 756746)
Corrected title: Hideous Things.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bighambone 4/16/2021 10:56:37 AM (No. 756748)
Does anyone really believe that 80 million Americans legitimately voted for the “Big Guy? If that many people aborted the “Big Guy” and the rest of the Biden corrupt cabal, there is no doubt that Hunter would have sold more than ten thousand copies of his book in a country of over 330 million people.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: konocti95 4/16/2021 10:59:15 AM (No. 756751)
...But each copy sold for $10,000 and came with a free painting!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: PChristopher 4/16/2021 11:01:10 AM (No. 756754)
Every day, this family, this so-called administration and everyone supporting them spits in our collective face and laughs a cackling laugh and it could've been stopped dead in its tracks except for weak, gutless turncoats like Pence and Roberts. The damage they've done runs deep and I'm not sure that it's reversible.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: felixcat 4/16/2021 11:07:08 AM (No. 756762)
Well, according to the Newsman chyron, 48% of Americans support Biden and his policy actions so far. Yeah right. BTW - Newsmax also announced that the Biden and Sec Vilsack of Ag just cancelled the Trump created program of providing fresh fruits and vegetables from farms directly to those locally in need. Cancelled out of spite.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Skinnydip 4/16/2021 11:08:13 AM (No. 756767)
I've never been able to understand how publishers can advance authors huge sums of money for books that don't sell. I guess they make up the losses with gardening guides and romance novels.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 4/16/2021 11:10:16 AM (No. 756771)
Why would anyone want to read the not completely true memoirs of a corrupt and senile career politician's crack-and-sex addict son who (1) cheated on his wife with his brother's widow, (2) impregnated a stripper then denied paternity until a court order forced him to take a paternity test, (3) peddled his family's name all over the world while his father was vice president, collecting millions of dollars in payments, (4) has been to rehab five times and is only a few years out of the latest stay, (5) was so stoned he left his incriminating laptop at a repair shop and forgot to reclaim it, and (6) is currently under investigation by the IRS?
21 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: EQKimball 4/16/2021 11:20:18 AM (No. 756788)
Hunter Biden is a household name. His book must be a real stinker. Compare Costco's first-day order of 50,000 hardback copies of "Red Sparrow" by then unknown and first-time author, retired CIA station chief Jason Matthews.
5 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: Jebediah 4/16/2021 11:22:02 AM (No. 756791)
Take that, Jimmy Kimmell!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: hershey 4/16/2021 12:12:07 PM (No. 756844)
Yeah, didn't buy one...got enough books by obammie and clintoon and the rest cluttering up the outhouse wall for any more...not doing enough 'business' to get rid of any more, although a bit of 'Montezumas Revenge' might help the process...
4 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: cedar 4/16/2021 12:13:35 PM (No. 756845)
I'd rather read "The Calcium Connection: The Little-Known Enzyme at the Root of Your Cellular Health."
10 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Lawsy0 4/16/2021 12:39:47 PM (No. 756876)
They didn't mention how many union members were ordered to purchase copies (like with Hillary Clinton's first book)! I have neither a bird nor a cat (or other incontinent pet)for which to use such exalted printed paper.
7 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: rytwng 4/16/2021 12:43:42 PM (No. 756882)
Wouldn't even use it for toilet paper.
5 people like this.

Reply 14 - Posted by: Luandir 4/16/2021 12:51:53 PM (No. 756888)
How many of those 10,000 were bought by the CCP?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: john56 4/16/2021 1:07:40 PM (No. 756904)
3 sold at retail. 9997 sold in bulk sales to unions, Democrat front groups, and Antifa/BLM HQ
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Reply 16 - Posted by: dst4life 4/16/2021 1:32:05 PM (No. 756922)
I wouldn't touch Hunter's book with a 39 and a half foot pole. (Alludes to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Oops! I can't say that. Dr. Seuss's books are racist.
6 people like this.

Reply 17 - Posted by: DARling 4/16/2021 2:19:40 PM (No. 756949)
He got rich because of his connections, despite being a sleaze with no meaningful job experience. He is walking the streets as a free man while the same behavior committed by your average citizen would have one doing some serious prison time. Forgive me if I don't want to pad the bank account of a complete slimeball and read the sanitized version of his crimes and debauchery.
9 people like this.

Reply 18 - Posted by: navybrat 4/16/2021 2:59:09 PM (No. 756977)
That is way too many. I can't see selling 25, but that is me.
4 people like this.

Reply 19 - Posted by: 24tea@Mag 4/16/2021 3:55:25 PM (No. 757035)
Nothing to see here. Sick people do sick things.
3 people like this.

Reply 20 - Posted by: Periwinkel 4/16/2021 4:12:40 PM (No. 757050)
I'm beginning to think Joe Bidet is a much worse president than Jimma Carter.
4 people like this.

Reply 21 - Posted by: Periwinkel 4/16/2021 4:15:40 PM (No. 757054)
Do we think the publishers are (pardon the pun) cooking the books??? Heh-heh-heh!
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Reply 22 - Posted by: MickTurn 4/16/2021 5:33:35 PM (No. 757128)
How many were purchased by 501 C corps. as a PAYOFF to Hunter/Biden?
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Reply 23 - Posted by: AntiStatist 4/16/2021 5:53:43 PM (No. 757145)
#15, BLM ain't buying no books, of that I'm certain.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: DVC 4/16/2021 5:58:28 PM (No. 757151)
If you ever have to defend yourself in a public place with multiple people present, always be aware of the 'tail gunner' or 'over watch' possibility. Not all thugs are stupid and acting alone. One brave citizen pulled his handgun when a thug entered a Walmart and fired a round into the ceiling as an attention getter. The brave CCW citizen pulled his gun without 'checking six', or putting a back to a wall. It turns out the thug's wife was in on it, and standing silently 10 yards back, pretending to be unassociated with the gunman, and she shot the good guy in the back as he drew. My wife knows that her job is to cover my back if, God forbid, we ever were in such a horrible situation.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Strike3 4/16/2021 6:28:49 PM (No. 757192)
All bought by democrat governments from the public library fund. See how that works?
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Reply 26 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 4/17/2021 8:37:25 AM (No. 757548)
His Mummy is so proud of him that she bought a copy for the whole class!!
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Reply 27 - Posted by: Daria 4/17/2021 10:11:44 AM (No. 757648)
Good. It appears we still have SOME standards in this country.
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