Bin Laden Endorses Book, Sales Soar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unexpected endorsement from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has resulted in a huge jump in sales for a book by a critic of U.S. foreign policy.
William Blum's Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower was ranked 209,000 on Amazon.com's sales list before bin Laden mentioned it in an audiotape released on Thursday. By Friday, the book was No. 30 on the Amazon.com list.
Bin Laden said al Qaeda group was preparing more attacks in the United States but also told Americans, "It is useful for you to read the book 'The Rogue State.'"
"I was quite surprised and even shocked and amused when I found out what he'd said," Blum said on Friday in an interview with Reuters Television in his Washington apartment. [full story]
See also Ben's review of Jason Burke's Al Qaeda, The Statements Of Osama Bin Laden and Bring Me The Head Of Bin Laden
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The third edition sales actually soared further to #15 yesterday (I just wrote about it a couple of days ago so I keep an eye now on the book sales out of twisted curiosity
Or maybe a winger plot that backfired, who knows.