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Costello Memoirs sales underwhelming

4/10/2008 9:15:00 AM.  | Erin Maher
Peter Costello’s memoirs don't appear to be a big hit.

They have sold about 15,000 copies, keeping the book on the best-sellers' list, but retailers say sales have fallen dramatically.

50,000 copies were printed but they expect only about 20,000 to sell.

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

I look forward to picking up my copy of The Dogs memoir from a remainder bin at the local cheap book shop. I have a wonky leg on a table that needs something to shove under it to stabilize it. The dogs book will be good for that, at least.

Posted by: Russell Jones, Toowomba

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

Don't worry Jones, Swan's memoirs won't even make it into a paperback comic!

Posted by: Geoff Bolton, Lane Cove

 

Saturday, 04 October 2008

wow, amazing how conservatives treat their one time heroes (and practise mental cannibalism). Obvioously, they hate costello cause he wasnt as extreme as howard.

Posted by: dead zemanak, redfern

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

at least he is consistent: an abject failure at both politics and collaboration with a ghost writer. Maybe the book would have sold better if he'd shown a bit more ticker and challenged the Rodent, instead of smirking away in the background. Who wants to read about a might-have-been?

Posted by: darren carrow, brisbane

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

Carrow, even from your extreme side of politics you would be hard pushed to find anyone (with a brain) to honestly class Costello as a failure as Treasurer. BUT, if you were looking in Swan's directuion you'd a lot closer to finding abject failure! The more you guys slag off at Costello, the more we all realise how scared you are of him.

Posted by: Geoff Bolton, Lane Cove

 

Saturday, 04 October 2008

No, the problem is that the majority of people can't afford it because of the "recession" brought about by the laborites where every cent now is going into the banks by the "working families" to pay their mortgages because of the high interest rates which were always predicted to be the case if under Labor!

Posted by: RS ****, Sydney

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

When did interest rates start to rise? Long before Rudd was elected (Who did YOU trust?) when the rodent ruled. " "recession" brought about by the laborites ", but what is causing the grief worldwide? Problems in the US financial markets administered by the USA liberal party ie The Republicans. And what will possibly save Australia from a recession? Demand from the largest Communist nation on earth, China, the new emerging global financial superpower. Tool.

Posted by: Russell Jones, Toowomba

 

Saturday, 04 October 2008

If Peter's book fails to sell it is because of poor marketing. The book was over publicised and the fact that extracts were printed in the popular press has removed the surprise element. Most people think that they can form an opinion about the contents of the book and so they don't feel that they have to buy it to learn what's in it. This does not take away from the fact that Peter was the Worlds best Treasurer-no doubt.

Posted by: Desmond Harris, Beacon Hill

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Saturday, 04 October 2008

Harris you are delusional.No-one is interested in the day before yesterdays man aka Petey.Bad marketing eh ? Is it never Petey's fault.Whose book is it ? 15000 copies sold so far.What dill thought they would sell 50000.Sounds like some of the budget forecasts that Petey made.WBT my rrrrs.This pretender is responsible for the blowout in the current a/c deficit which now restricts the banks ability to pass on interest rate cuts made by the RBA.

Posted by: Lance Freestone,

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Sunday, 05 October 2008

Freestone- Given your pinko leanings you would probably buy books about Marx.Lenin, Whitlam.Hawke and Keating-all discredited failures.Peter Costello was a success-the best Treasurer that this Country has ever produced. Governments are not responsible for Trade deficits you drongo-people are. The only way that Governments can stop Trade deficits is to ban imports-that can only happen in your Communist dictatorships. Governments are responsible for Government debt and it was Howard & Costello that cleaned up the debt of $96 billion plus interest left by Hawke and Keating. To put it in perspective they left debt that was 12.5% of our GDP compared to just 5.3% of US GDP for the recently passed US ‘’bail out’ bill. All you lefties were criticising the ‘bail out’ but you all are very quite about the debt left by Labor.

Posted by: Desmond Harris, Beacon Hill

 

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

No doubt a third of the 15,000 books were purchased by the loyal brethren of the Liberal Party, with the remaining third purchased by engineers of the Labor party.

Posted by: Sean Ambrose, Helensburgh

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