Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is not the most intriguing Speaker of the House to come along, and she hasn't carved the high-profile that predecessors like Newt Gingrich did.But I don't think anyone expected her book to flop this badly. Drudge Report reports that Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters sold just 2,737 copies in its first week. That's bad enough to make it the 41st bestselling nonfiction book of the week and the reviews on Amazon have been equally appalling. 131 reviewers have given it an average rating of 1.5 stars, all the more impressive give that it's not possibly to rate a book 0 stars.
Publisher's Weekly's generally positive review sums up why the book hasn't sold well: "Pelosi's book is a simply crafted acknowledgment of the support of her family, mentors and helpful colleagues without rhetorical flourishes, insider scandal or intimate revelations-a gentle account from a tough politician."
Boring! People reading books by politicians want to hear about scandal.
Perhaps the sequel should be called Know Your Limits: Just Because You're a Successful Politician Doesn't Mean People Want to Know Your Life Story.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
8-14-2008 @ 10:25PM
mike said...
lol WAIT!!!!! A democrap writes a book with no lies??? no scandals....she coulda used clinton vs monaca......clintons vs vince foster.....god ole jessie (viagra) jackson and his aide you know the one he got pregnant and used rainbow funds to shut her up.....marylands former gov. spendeng,,,,while his wife and son were home he was away on tax payers money getting hsi aide pregnant,,,,and did i hear john ( nice hair) edwards boning some hottie while his wife is so sick??? and you woman think they have you in their best interest...lol wakeup they only think of you in one way.....
8-15-2008 @ 11:51AM
winslow said...
I'm not a Democrat but it doesn't appear Pelosi has any skeletons in her closet like many (most) politicians. Perhaps we should give her respect and work with her.
8-16-2008 @ 2:14PM
BobD said...
Maybe people see her for what she is, and just don't want to read anything she has to say?
Nah! too simple an explanation. Can't be that.
8-16-2008 @ 2:14PM
Robert Urie said...
Just another example why nothing gets done in this democratic Congress - she has time to write a book with all the economic problems to solve? As an author Pelosic is just like her Speaker of the House position - way in over her head!
8-16-2008 @ 2:31PM
Ralph said...
Good! With the absolutely lousy job her and her demoncrat cohorts have done in congress she should have expected no less or more!
8-16-2008 @ 2:40PM
Brenda said...
I guess some of you liberals haven't heard that Nancy doesn't hire UNION WORKERS in her hotels or on her farm. SHE HIRES ILLEGALS TO WORK FOR HER AT LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE.
8-16-2008 @ 2:40PM
Jake Bello said...
Madam Speaker Nancy "Fugazi" should have just received a loud and clear message. While she is fixated on her historical elevation to Speaker, the country sent her a wake up call. We don't like you, care about you, agree with you, or want you dictating policy that will effect our lives negatively. Go back to the "People's Republic of San Francisco" via your broom, and stay there. She won't get the message unless voted out then removed by armed guards.
8-16-2008 @ 2:43PM
B2Slim said...
Justice:
Axis of Evin: Obama, Pelosi, REID
they will destroy the USA in the first 100 days:
8-16-2008 @ 2:47PM
B2Slim said...
SRY:
typing error
Axis of Evil:::: Obama, Pelosi, REID
8-16-2008 @ 2:50PM
jlerikson said...
Has any Speaker of the House ever accomplished LESS?
8-16-2008 @ 3:02PM
j woodward said...
how did she even get in office ? surely to god nobody in their right mind voted for her . so why in the world would someone want to read about her , let alone BUY her book?
8-16-2008 @ 3:03PM
Paul said...
She will make more off her partnership / investment with T Boone Pickens energy company once the 50 Billion dollar publicly financed proposition to help green CA passes. Oh, and his ads say "largest privately" funded she is a crook like the rest. Her approval rating is below George Bush's. The public isn't stupid we just don't do anything about it.
8-16-2008 @ 3:08PM
mcconway said...
what could Nancy Pelosi have to say, her tenure as Speaker has been an absolue joke With the promise of change, the old adage really comes home the more things change, the more they stay the same.We democrats finally got a majority only to watch it wasted away by partisan party politics.And petty squabbles. and now we are suppose to support a democrat for president.
fooled me once shame on me,you all know trhe rest of the story.
8-16-2008 @ 3:11PM
Heather said...
With gas close to 4 dollars a gallon I can't afford to buy her book. Why doesn't she spend more time DOING HER JOB and pass an energy bill that the AVERAGE AMERICAN can live with instead of on her high horse writing some book.
8-16-2008 @ 3:12PM
Doctor Bob said...
Nancy Pelosi IS the skeleton in the closet! She is nothing less than a traitor to America. She ranks right up there with Benedict Arnold. WHY would this stupid broad think she could actually sell books? The only thing I'd pay to see is her resignation letter.
8-16-2008 @ 3:14PM
Dorrie said...
Who is her publicist? I didn't know she had a book. I'm interested. If we can recover from the mess the Republicans have made of our economy I might save enough money to buy a copy!
8-16-2008 @ 3:17PM
Pat said...
What a piece of trash, I am so glad her book failed. Everyone has skeletons in the closet and if she does not then she is an angel on earth. Maybe we should burn it and set a fire under her fellow congressmen.......
8-16-2008 @ 3:18PM
river said...
Maybe a book about her eating disorder would sell better? She sure looks like she has some problem. And her politics? She would have made Karl Marx very happy!
8-16-2008 @ 3:29PM
Raflet60 said...
What do you expect? She's led a do-nothing congress that talked but didn't deliver. Has a lower approval rating than the President and has done nothing but criticize him rather that try to work with him. She's highly over rated and typical of Democratic philosophy. Do you really want her, Reid and that empty suit Obama to run the country for the next four years? Wake up people. Except for Bill Clinton, the Democrats have not been able to put up a capable candidate for President in the last 30years! Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry and the worst OBAMA? Do your research and don't let CNN or anyone else in the media decide for you.
8-16-2008 @ 3:32PM
uswarrior1111 said...
Nacy Pelosi, the self-proclaimed most powerful woman in America, is a total failure.
No-one wants to read about failure.
In fact her book should be titled "How to Become a Failure" and perhaps some liberals would buy her book as their agenda is based on failure.
The only people that are impressed with her are the left wing liberals from San Francisco.
Normal people are not.