{"id":1983531,"date":"2023-07-26T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T22:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-to-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T22:47:27","slug":"cnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-to-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-to-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN anchor&#8217;s book launch fails to gain traction despite extensive promotion, according to report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-to-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Disappointing Start for CNN Anchor&#8217;s Book Launch: Report<\/h2>\n<p>A cynic might say that\u200b working at CNN offers a \u200cunique experience in peddling fiction to a small audience. If so, then CNN anchor Jake Tapper has put that experience to good use.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/jake-tapper-new-book-sales-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadarOnline.com<\/a>, an entertainment and gossip website, Tapper\u2019s latest novel, \u201cAll the Demons Are Here,\u201d sold fewer than 5,000 copies in its first week on\u2062 the\u200d market.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-to-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report\/\" title=\"CNN anchor's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-announces-end-to-ad-selling-based-on-individual-web-browsing\/\" title=\"Google Announces End To Ad-Selling Based On Individual Web Browsing\">book launch<\/a> fails to gain traction despite extensive promotion, according to report.&#8221;>book recorded dismal sales<\/a> \u200bdespite relentless promotion from actors and other \u200bmedia figures.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jaketapper\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=62af8def-518b-4260-8328-e51b31d1184d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapper\u2019s own Instagram page<\/a> features a veritable collage of promotional screenshots from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-melts-hunter-bidens-plea-deal-gets-torpedoed-someone-made-bad-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Missed Opportunity in 1970s Washington, D.C.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAll the Demons Are Here\u201d takes place in 1970s Washington, D.C., so one might expect that it would appeal to readers inside the Beltway.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062an interview published last week by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2023\/07\/17\/jake-tapper-all-the-demons-are-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Tapper promoted the book\u2019s setting as one of its \u200dintriguing features.<\/p>\n<p>Still, readers took little notice. \u200bRadarOnline.com described the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-i-could-buy-my-freakin-groceries-at-home-depot-i-would-critics-rip-boycott-of-home-depot-for-not-slamming-ga-voter-law\/\" title=\"\u2018If I Could Buy My Freakin\u2019 Groceries At Home Depot, I Would!\u2019: Critics Rip Boycott Of Home Depot For Not Slamming GA Voter Law\">sales figures<\/a> as \u201cshockingly low.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Comparing Sales: Tapper\u200b vs. \u2064Other\u2062 Authors<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-melts-demands-control-room-end-live-video-trump-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapper<\/a>, who hosts \u201cThe Lead with Jake Tapper\u201d on CNN, has sold books in the past. His first novel, \u201cThe Hellfire Club\u201d (2018), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/best-sellers\/2018\/05\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debuted at No. 3<\/a> on the New York\u200c Times Best Sellers list \u200bfor Hardcover Fiction.<\/p>\n<p>If Tapper seeks comfort, he need only look to\u200d other books that have bombed far worse\u200c than his.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, for instance, Democratic\u200d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-rep-displays-stunning-lack-knowledge-declaration-independence-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cori Bush<\/a> of \u2064Missouri published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/squad-member-humiliated-book-launch-implodes-fails-hit-1000-sales-first-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political memoir<\/a> entitled \u201cThe Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America.\u201d In its first two weeks on the market, the book sold 1,017 copies.<\/p>\n<p>Bush, however, must have felt like Stephen King compared to Darlene Superville and Julie Pace, who co-wrote a book about \u200bfirst lady \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dr-jill-biden-touts-joe-education-president-gets-immediately-slapped-dismal-report-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Biden<\/a>. In its \u2063first week on the\u2063 market, \u201cJill:\u2062 A Biography of the First Lady,\u201d sold 250 copies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Will Tapper&#8217;s Book Find Its Audience?<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meager\u2064 book sales do not always have simple explanations.<\/p>\n<p>When the authors and\/or subjects of those books have dubious relationships with the truth, however, one \u200bhopes that the reading public recognizes\u200b as much and \u200cpunishes them for it.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Tapper has a platform and connections that should help his book succeed.<\/p>\n<p>CNN appeals to affluent liberals with woke sensibilities. Its viewers certainly have the means\u200b to purchase Tapper\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<p>Those viewers also have a demonstrated appetite for works of imagination.<\/p>\n<p>If \u201cAll the Demons Are Here\u201d proves to\u200d be \u200ca\u2064 good read, then more readers eventually will find it.<\/p>\n<p>If not, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disturbing-publisher-of-national-catholic-register-blasts-biden-for-his-first-100-days-of-disappointments\/\" title=\"\u2018Disturbing\u2019: Publisher Of National Catholic Register Blasts Biden For His First \u2018100 Days Of Disappointments\u2019\">early returns show<\/a> that Tapper cannot rely on sales from celebrity promoters or\u200d from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-set-make-desperate-move-viewership-plunges-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN\u2019s dwindling \u2062audience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-anchors-book-launch-not-off-hot-start-despite-non-stop-promotion-report\/\">CNN Anchor&#8217;s Book Launch Not Off to Hot Start Despite Non-Stop Promotion: Report<\/a> appeared first\u200b on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2064 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CNN cynic might argue that working there means peddling fiction to a small audience. Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, has utilized this experience well. According to RadarOnline.com, his novel &#8220;All the Demons Are Here&#8221; sold less than 5,000 copies in its latest release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":1983532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}