Jinger's new book, Becoming Free Indeed, has done quite well since its January 31st release. It is No. 4 in the "Advice, How-to, and Miscellaneous" section of the New York Times Best Sellers list. On Amazon's list of most-sold and most-read nonfiction books, it is also No. 4. Have you read it?
Yes, I read it and thought it was done well. She respects her family while at the same time revealing how her beliefs have changed from what she grew up with.
ReplyDeleteAs was posted before, you have to explain that she's on the New York Times list WITH A DAGGER beside the title. That means the majority of her sales were bulk sales, as in one company, church, person, whatever, bought the books IN BULK. That does not mean she had a roaring amount of individual sales. You can get your way onto the list by having bulk sales, but the NYT will put a dagger symbol beside your title indicating that.
ReplyDeleteSo if her church bought all the copies, that would push her up the list but it doesn't mean the book was actually popular with the public, like other titles on the list. Please explain that and clarify the NYT's stance on this kind of numbers, because it's misleading otherwise. TY.
Omg do you know how church bulk sales work? You have to put money down first before they order lol. They are not just going to buy a bunch of books and see if they can re-sale them.
DeleteWhere does it say that it's bulk sales? Because the arrow means something different in the U.S. lol.
DeleteI am reading now. Love it!
ReplyDeleteJim Bob might want to think about taking his family out of the cult and then write a book about why he joined and why he left. He’d make a lot more money than Jinger!
ReplyDeleteI don't see that happening. This is like a slow train wreck for JB and Michelle. I wonder what will happen next.
DeleteI don't think he will lol.
DeleteJingers message is already been done in the Bible. So that's all I need. Bible says hold onto truth. And I think Jinger should not be saying people's names and tearing down their work for the kingdom of God. And I don't think she is the motivated as rightly as she says so I'd just rather not fill my head with her. A lot of what she says is not really the truth.
ReplyDeleteNo, Jinger helped tear down the kingdom of Gothard. That was Bill's teachings, not the word of the Lord. He cherry picked the Bible.
DeleteThere is danger in some things like drinking, drugs rock and roll and tight clothes. When you look at vast audiences ging insane for rock bands it is sad. They are under a wrong influence. Why make an all out effort to berate an organization bringing people to holy lifestyles. The Duggars obviously already tempered some of their extremes, before this book.
DeleteOh for pete's sake @6:37. My mother's mother thought she was being badly influenced by Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby when she (my mother) was in high school. All the girls were going crazy over those guys, wearing badges with their pictures, and forming fan clubs. Every generation thinks the younger ones are going to ruin themselves with bad influences. I see nothing wrong with enjoying rock concerts. I see a lot wrong with an organization whose leader had what -- 30 lawsuits brought against him, all basically for the same terrible behavior?
DeleteI have read this and I was very surprised. I loved the book and I hope she continues to write. I look forward to whatever she does next.
ReplyDeleteIt sold 24,000 copies in the last week, most in bulk purchase. By contrast, Prince Harry's book has sold over 946,000 copies, 46,000 sold last week alone.
ReplyDeleteI have read both books. Both are very good. I could identify with both of them having been brought up with emotionally immature family members who did them great harm. Glad that they have both realized that and want better for themselves and their children.
DeleteThere's nothing that indicates or says that it was in bulk purchases. I am not sure where you see this because U.S. is different.
DeleteA church is not going to buy these books in bulks. That's not how that works. The congregation, the ones that want the books, they use their own money and the church buys those books for them. They may also be given a few extra for some people to buy and to keep in the church library as many churches do have or even in the offices to barrow. You all are that petty to try to put down her sales and if she wasn't a Duggar, you would have nothing to say. You can stand Jinger's success right now and it's showing lol. Ya'll mad? Comment away! Idk. I find this hilarious.
ReplyDeleteWanna bet? The church I attended made a bulk purchase of Rick Warren's book and then offered it to the congregation. Of course the members were expected to make a "donation" to cover the purchase price if they took a copy. Churches do this sort of thing and I saw it with my own eyes.
DeleteThere is nothing that says the copies was brought in bulk. That's not what the arrow means as they are claiming. But before this book came out, someone got on here making up lies about the summary when you can read it online. I imagine the same person that said that was the same person going around screaming bulk sales.
DeleteYou're wrong, 12:30. That's what the dagger means.
DeleteI work in the publishing industry, the dagger means bulk sales.it was introduced to differentiate between bulk sales and individual sales bc bulk sales were being abused to artificially boost sales figures to get books on bestsellers lists.
DeleteI am so happy for Jinger! Haters can say and make up what they want lol.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jinger! Certain people said her book would not do good and now the are calling it "bulk purchases". Show me the receipts of that. I highly doubt they'll be putting something like this in a church. She also made no mention of selling this book in her church. I think her book is making these IBLP people upset on this site.
ReplyDelete@6:22 The New York Times tracks those bulk sales otherwise they wouldn't know to put a dagger symbol beside certain titles. I suggest you contact them for details.
Delete4:04 PM - That is not true lol. There is nothing online about it and you wouldn't have to contact them to get those details.
Delete5:28. Go to the NYT Best Seller site. Look on the right side of the page. Read what the dagger means. It's right there. It's simple.
DeleteI would love to read it but I have far too many TBR books in my stack. I think once it has thinned down I will get it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have read the book. I read it in two hours. Really amazing. Through "Becoming Free Indeed" I realized a few things about my own theology journey.
ReplyDeleteGinger talks about reading the Bible for one's self. The Bible is the best selling book in the world. In there it says test everything hold to what is true. And I want to say a lot of iblp is from the Bible and it is a good organization despite the slander.
ReplyDeleteSome clarification would be helpful, I see. Book sale numbers can be misleading, especially when books are purchased in bulk. But book publishers and book dealers know exactly what that dagger symbol means next to a title on the Best Seller list. It means "demand" was artificially created through bulk sales. Book stores are unlikely to order that title for their shops because they know the actual public demand for the book is not there, despite a ranking on the Best Seller list. I could self-publish a book, "buy" eleventy-seven zillion copies myself, and instantly be "Number 1" on the Best Seller list because of that, through numbers alone. But I would have a dagger beside my title, and nobody else would be buying my book. See how that works? The list can be misleading, but the dagger symbol is not. It's clear. I have no doubt some of you ordered the book and read it. But I also have no doubt that there were large purchases of this book by either the publisher, by Jinger, or by someone associated with them, that drove up "sales" numbers to Best Seller level and earned the book that dagger symbol. The New York Times has not endured since 1851 by making things up.
ReplyDeleteI just have to post this here but I have wondered why in all of the years that the Duggar parents and children have read and re-read their bibles, they did not notice these inconsistencies with Gothard's teachings? It tells me that either (or both) that the Duggar parents also noticed this but chose to ignore these differences to continue with their TV show and it's income or that the Duggar family never really "read" their bibles and understood what they were reading...just memorizing what they read and never gave it a moment's thought to actually what the texts meant. Just sad all the way around.
ReplyDeleteI think they were reading the Bible in Gothard style, taking his interpretations as gospel. It's easier when you let someone "successful" do the thinking for you and tell you what you're supposed to do. You look so brilliant when you follow along. What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah.....
DeleteWell, they need to pay for their house, food, etc, so money are coming handy.
ReplyDeleteI CAN'T BELIEVE IT, I NEVER SAID HERE THAT I AM, SOOOOOOOOOOOO PROUD OF U!!!!!! WHO KNEW IT WAS JILL JINGER JOY, WOULD BE THE BREAKOUT STARS+WARRIORS!!!!!!!!! I AM PROUD OF THESE CHICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON BOYS WHERE ARE U?????
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