Short TV interview segment where host Renee and guest Julie Broad (best-selling author and owner of Book Launchers) discuss the surge in sales of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury after a cease-and-desist letter drew attention. Julie describes readers treating the book like a guilty pleasure, notes skepticism about its factual accuracy, and recounts an amusing side-effect: a Canadian World War II historian with a different book titled Fire and Fury briefly rose on Amazon Canada due to mistaken purchases.
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If you are thinking of writing a book in the new year, maybe that's one of your goals. We are so excited tonight to have Julie Broad join us. This is her book, one of her books that she's written. The new brand new image makes the sale for you. Julie is joining us. She is a best selling author and the owner of Book Launchers. Julie, thank you for being with us on this Friday night.
Hey, it's good to see you again, Renee.
Hey, good to see you. Okay, so books that are trending right now, let's talk about that.
Well, the big one, Fire and Fury. You know, I gotta tell you, I've been thinking, how can I get Donald Trump's lawyers to promote my book for me?
Right?
So, yeah, I mean, that's the big news in books this week is, you know, after the lawyers sent the cease and desist letter, the next thing you know, everybody's buying the book. And it's funny because I was reading some of the comments on Amazon from people who have bought the book and read it, and one of the reviewers actually says reading this book is like eating an entire tub of ice cream. You know, you shouldn't, you know, it's not good for you, but you can't stop yourself.
Exactly. It's like your guilty pleasure. It's like me and the Bachelorette. I know I'm losing brain cells, but I can't turn the channel.
That's right. So apparently it's actually a pretty great read. Some people are questioning whether it's true or not. But regardless, the cease and desist had the opposite effect. Obviously everybody bought because they were afraid maybe they wouldn't be able to buy it later. Or possibly they just thought, you know what, if Trump doesn't want us to read this, then we absolutely must read it. So whatever the reason, people loved it and are eating it up.
What was your takeaway from the book?
Well, I didn't read it. I'm Canadian. What do I care?
That's true. That's true.
So, yeah, I don't have a takeaway from the book, but here's something funny. So speaking of being from Canada. So there's a Canadian historian, a World War II historian who wrote a book with the same title, which I think we've actually talked about this on the show before. You can have the same title as another book. There's no copyright protection applied to titles. So he has the book of the same title. And yesterday he enjoyed status as a best seller because people were mistakenly buying his book.
Hey, whatever works, right?
Yeah. So it's funny, he actually was number 78 overall on Amazon in Canada yesterday, because there's a lot of people who obviously aren't reading the subject of what they're buying. They're just buying Fire and Fury as quickly as they can.
That is amazing. Well, kudos for him that he moved up a notch.
