Ann Coulter's Sales Figures Higher Than You Think

The Village Voice reports:

In an e-mail to the Voice today, Crown Forum publishing V.P. Tina Constable took umbrage with a Power Plays item about Crown author Ann Coulter. The item questioned whether the sales figures for Coulter's latest book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, were being plumped through a campaign of giveaways by conservative groups.

Constable wrote:

The article that Sarah Ferguson wrote about the purported bulk sales of Ann Coulter's new book Godless driving bestseller lists as well as contributing to its overall first week sales is completely inaccurate. If Ms. Ferguson had done her homework, she would known that NewsMax, Human Events and book club sales are not reported to Nielsen BookScan or any bestseller list.

Bookscan is quite clear about where it gathers its sales information.

In essence, Godless sold far more copies than what BookScan is reporting.

Constable is right. Mea culpa.

One wonders if the New York Times will ever review the book or just pretend the book doesn't exist.