No. 1 Amazon bestseller: 266 blank pages on why to vote Democrat

[Jacki Treehorn]

https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-.../dp/1543024971

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/09/us/book-best-seller-trnd/

(CNN)Looking for a quick vacation read? It doesn't get any quicker than Michael J. Knowles' "Reasons To Vote For Democrats" -- all of the pages are blank.
Knowles is a Yale graduate and correspondent for the Daily Wire, a conservative website. He self-published the book, which contains only headers and a bibliography, along with 266 empty pages. The book, a clear attempt to troll Democrats, has set the internet on fire and vaulted to the No. 1 bestseller spot on Amazon.
"What's really great about this book, you can go cover to cover in about 15, 20 seconds," Knowles said on "Fox & Friends" Thursday.

The book's Amazon page touts it as "the most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date."
"'Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide' is a political treatise sure to stand the test of time," the description reads. "A must-have addition to any political observer's coffee table."
It ends with a one-word review from conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro: "Thorough."
"It took a very long time to research this book," Knowles said. "When I observed their record and reasons to vote for them -- on reasons of economics or foreign policy or homeland security or civil rights and so on -- I realized it was probably best to just leave all the pages blank."
A similar work for the opposite side of the political spectrum debuted back in November. David King's "Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect & Admiration," another book of blank pages, is currently rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
"Despite years of research, we could not find anything to say on this subject, so please feel free to use this book for notes," the description reads. One of the top comments calls the book "insightful and inspired."

Pretty creative way to make a quick buck (even if they just copied the Trump book it was re-branded and marketed better). Didn't read about the Trump book in November I wonder if it sold as many copies, it has 1/3 the comments so doesn't seem likely.

Here's a link to the Trump book if anyone wants to buy it https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Deserve.../dp/1540743225

[Spectral]

This is pretty strong evidence that people will pay cash money to signal their virtue to their in-group. What other reason could there possibly be to buy this?

[Dextroden]

This is pretty strong evidence that people will pay cash money to signal their virtue to their in-group. What other reason could there possibly be to buy this?

Piss of your political friends?

Otherwise, yeah. The book is pointless outside of novelty.

[Xarkan]

Piss of your political friends?

If you do that to piss of your "friends" they are probably not your friends to begin with?

[edit:] tease maybe but piss of especially in the us climate?

[Spectral]

Piss of your political friends?

Otherwise, yeah. The book is pointless outside of novelty.

Does it really even piss anyone off? Maybe I don't know enough people that are party loyal or something. Most of my good friends are very left-wing, but if I had that sitting on the coffee table, I wouldn't get any kind of trolly chuckle out of them picking it up. I'm pretty sure they'd just be like, "why the fuck did you buy this?". No one's going to be "axxxxxxxxxxtuallllllly there are REALLY GOOD REASONS TO VOTE DEMOCRAT".

[Hashtronaut]

Tbh nice troll 8.5/10. But lol on people actually spending money on it (and what a waste of paper). People just like to spend money. Wasn't it not that long ago the company behind cards against humanity was selling a pile of shit in a box.

People bought that...I see no difference

[Wells]

The shit con men can get conservatives to spend money on to "own the libs" never ceases to amaze. Whole industry of snake oil salesmen built up around that political wing.

[Jacki Treehorn]

This is pretty strong evidence that people will pay cash money to signal their virtue to their in-group. What other reason could there possibly be to buy this?

I was thinking of giving some to people just to piss them off.... i'm probably just an ass though.

[Spectral]

I was thinking of giving some to people just to piss them off.... i'm probably just an ass though.

That doesn't really work though, right? From a few angles. The most obvious is that it literally doesn't make anyone mad. What kind of rage monster gets a borderline retarded joke and gets genuinely mad about it?

That aside, why would anyone spend money trying to make people mad?

I guess I don't get it.

[Xarkan]

The shit con men can get conservatives to spend money on to "own the libs" never ceases to amaze. Whole industry of snake oil salesmen built up around that political wing.

To be fair there is a link to a book of empty pages on why the trump administration deserves respect.

Not a right/less right issue it would seem

[Deleted]

That's a good book! Well written

[Wells]

To be fair there is a link to a book of empty pages on why the trump administration deserves respect.

Not a right/less right issue it would seem

I mean yeah of course there is nonsense like this targeting the left too, but the right has been far more fertile ground. Fake political action groups, gold buying scams, "doomsday food stores" etc etc.

There was an article on this, let me see if I can dig it up.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-.../dp/1543024971

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/09/us/book-best-seller-trnd/



Pretty creative way to make a quick buck (even if they just copied the Trump book it was re-branded and marketed better). Didn't read about the Trump book in November I wonder if it sold as many copies, it has 1/3 the comments so doesn't seem likely.

Here's a link to the Trump book if anyone wants to buy it https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Deserve.../dp/1540743225

How is it creative to just blatantly steal someone else's idea?

[Wells]

Eh can't find it. No surprise, the key words here are kind of flooded in the Age of Trump, but here's National Review touching on the same topic.

many of these organizations would spend a grand total of ten percent of their incomes on funding candidates, with 90 percent dedicated to more fundraising and ever-higher activist salaries.

[apepi]

Reminds me of the band on Spotify who put silent/no music on a track to make money off of it.

[Wells]

As French notes, this grift industry directly contributes to the ludicrous state of the GOP primary process. Dead eyed bottom feeders like Caron and Huckabee smell the money.

[the game]

I was thinking of giving some to people just to piss them off.... i'm probably just an ass though.

Just leave a copy laying on a table in a crowded library and walk away. Watch what happens from a distance.

[Fafnar]

To be fair there is a link to a book of empty pages on why the trump administration deserves respect.

Not a right/less right issue it would seem

But nobody would buy it.

Know your audience.

[Dextroden]

Does it really even piss anyone off? Maybe I don't know enough people that are party loyal or something. Most of my good friends are very left-wing, but if I had that sitting on the coffee table, I wouldn't get any kind of trolly chuckle out of them picking it up. I'm pretty sure they'd just be like, "why the fuck did you buy this?". No one's going to be "axxxxxxxxxxtuallllllly there are REALLY GOOD REASONS TO VOTE DEMOCRAT".

I'm not saying it'd be massively successful. But, the existence of people that took a frog as a symbol of white nationalism means, statistically speaking, someone would fall for this weak joke.

[Matchles]

Just leave a copy laying on a table in a crowded library and walk away. Watch what happens from a distance.

Except almost anyone who is invested enough to care would know who Ben Shapiro is and realize it is a troll before they even open it up.