Dear friends, I just want to give you a brief update on the Saker’s book sales.
As you know, it had launched on November 17th and to our pleasant surprise that book had immediately became a bestseller in the Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Globalization books section on Amazon.
Our publisher, Fred Zimmerman, even said that amongst all his titles, it was the best book launching, for the notable exception of his Harry Potter books.
The harsh reality is that for a book to become a bestseller in the “Globalization” section, said book has to sale just over 10+ copies. While the ebook format has been selling briskly, the sales have dropped dramatically this week. The Essential Saker has moved from the 1st place for Kindle edition
and 2nd place for the hardcover,
to respectively 37th for the Kindle edition, and 68th for hardcover.
Don’t be discouraged by the Amazon “Out of Stoke” notice. Amazon prints and distributes books as they are being ordered. Amazon has a secret algorithm, if there are enough hard cover copies are ordered, Amazon places a large order and moves the title up on its food chain by giving it better advertisement and placements.
The Essential Saker: from the trenches of the emerging multipolar world
Consider that the Christmas is coming, and Amazon will gift wrap and ship the book to your gift recipient. If you buy 2 and more books, the shipping is free. The Essential Saker book is a great gift for everyone on your list, like your college professors, your old high school teachers, your favorite student, your rich Connecticut in-laws, or for yourself.
The Saker allocates most of the proceeds from the book sales to the support of the blog, and buying his book, you are essentially contributing to his efforts to support the Saker’s community.
If you don’t want to buy from Amazon, your are welcome to buy books directly from our publisher, the Nimble Books
Please, remember that by buying the Saker’s book, you get a tremendous amount of historical and cultural information that you can’t get anywhere else in the Western world, and you get to support the community of people you feel proud to be a part of.
Considering how important it is to get the Essential Saker book into as many hands as possible, please consider this to be also a call for networking help. If you have a strong personal connection, please help us to connect with prominent journalists and opinion leaders.
Yet, another reminder to the Saker’s readers, and those who have already purchased the book, please take some time to write a Customer Review for Amazon. So far, there is only one 5 stars customer review with no actual review written. Forgive me for being blunt, but it’s simply embarrassing. You are people of great eloquence, knowledge and integrity; use your talents for the greater good!
Warm Regards,
Scott, the Director of Research and Development
I ordered the book a week or two ago from Amazon and have heard that delivery will not be before mid-January. Has the first edition been sold? Am I waiting for a reprint?
That’s almost certainly incorrect. Amazon underpromises. They just bought a big batch.
Hi, Amazon tends to underpromise. The books are printed on demand and they just ordered a big batch so you will probably receive the book well before January. /fredz@nimblebooks
My copy arrived yesterday – I ordered it the daynitbwa announced here
My copy arrived yesterday – I ordered it the day it was announced here.
Here is a link to THE ESSENTIAL SAKER in variety of online stores. Some may have better availability.
http://www.fetchbook.info/compare.do?search=9781608880584&startFrom=1
Also, orders via the Nimble Books site fill immediately, no matter what.
http://www.nimblebooks.com/index.php/saker.html
I actually ordered it the 18th from the publisher, as I dislike Amazon, but I don’t know when I’ll receive it. As I am somewhat impatient, I bought the electronic version as well, which is pretty convenient to read while using public transports. Will write a review once I finish it. So far, I enjoy it a lot !
actually I do not like to buy from amazon, I regard them as part of the problem: walmart for users with internet connectivity.
That’s me got three I’ll see if I can get any more.
I ordered when the announcement post was made and though it said out of stock I have already received it, will post a review soon.
You’re right. We can think, we can write and we have been changed by this blog.
Just wrote a glowing review, but it seems to takes awhile for reviews to be processed. Delay is likely with the Thanksgiving holiday.
Just ordered the book from Nimble. Thanks for the reminder.
Just submitted a 5 * review to Amazon, and have taken the liberty of copying it to CD and making it available for Free to folks in my Auckland New Zealand neighborhood.
I figured that most folks here would not actually buy unless they were already a Russophile.
But something for FREE – and all they have to do is look in my letterbox.
So hopefully a few more folks starting to see things from a Russian perspective – or at least
question the toxic stuff that issues from the MSM
Any step in the direction of Peace is worth taking
Just bought two copies of the hardcover edition off amazon.
THANK YOU Mr. Saker for being such a powerful light of knowledge in these incredibly dark dark times!!!
Hi Saker,
We all hope everything is going as well as possible during this difficult time. Just ordered a hardcover and looking forward to reading it :-) Besides safe, and once again accept our deepest condolences.
It shows that all world is fed up with the American terror.
THE ESSENTIAL SAKER: from the trenches of the emerging multipolar world
Kindle Edition
Sold by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Installed the Kindle reader on my Android tablet. (free)
Right away Amazon offered a 3$ discount on my first eBook purchase.
So from 6.99 it came to 3.99$ !
For all the people that still hesitate to get the eBook version and are a little bit short on cash.
Thank you for your work, Saker
Now available at the Book Depository
http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Essential-Saker-The-Saker-Pepe-Escobar/9781608880584
I think you’ve seen this but I have three copies on order from amazon and am not getting the delivery date. The paranoid part fo my mind thinks you are too sharp and coherent for the meanie elites and they are co-ordinating with Amazon to stop your book from getting out. I would advise people to ask their libraries to order it.
I ordered this book at Amazon via kindle and 2 others I gave as early Christmas presents. I am only part way through and this book is hard to put down and will write a review on Amazon for this very articulate book.