Re; Bubba's poor book sales outside of Manhattan A large number of people no longer go to bookstores, they shop at Amazon. As somebody once pointed out, the so-called elites rarely read the books they buy. They are just book shelf decoration so their friends think they read. When the Amazon count comes in the book will be #1. A friend of mine who DID buy the book told me that it is unreadable anyway, and he is a liberal guy (not a fanatic) who would like the book if it was good.