The headline sounds impressive. At first glance, it suggests the book has sold a million copies, or made a million dollars. All it really means is, someone has pre-ordered a single copy of What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World from Amazon.com and moved the book very briefly from where it was yesterday – at position 3,751,233, right between Fletch Your Own Arrows and How To Make Hats Out of Pork – to a position within Amazon’s list of top million sellers.
I know from experience that over the next few days, the book’s position will slowly creep back to 3,751,233.
And then I’ll have to order another copy.
I know from experience that over the next few days, the book’s position will slowly creep back to 3,751,233.
And then I’ll have to order another copy.
My Aunt Belle and Uncle Gaston. When he married her, he promised her a library with a million books in it, but all he did was paint a bookcase on the wall.
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