Publisher Printing More Copies Of George Orwell's '1984' After Spike In Demand

Openmind693 · Jan 25, 2017

I wonder why?

On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning the book was #1 on Amazon's computer-generated list of best-selling books. The list reflects hourly book sales.
The 68-year-old novel appeared on the list on Monday, hovered around the #6 spot for much of the day, rose to #2 by Tuesday afternoon and then hit #1.
Lower down on Amazon's best sellers list are two other classic novels with similar themes: "It Can't Happen Here," by Sinclair Lewis, and "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley.
It is hard to say for sure how much of the interest is related to Donald Trump's inauguration and the rise of "alternative facts," a term coined by Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday.
But some commentators called Conway's comment "Orwellian" and drew comparisons to the famous novel.
"1984" tells a harrowing story within a world of government surveillance, propaganda and "newspeak." In the book, the "Ministry of Truth" actually delivers lies.
The publishing house responsible for the book noticed the recent spike in sales.
"We put through a 75,000 copy reprint this week. That is a substantial reprint and larger than our typical reprint for '1984,'" a Penguin spokesman told CNNMoney Tuesday evening.
The spokesman explained that the start of the spring semester always leads to new sales of the book, since "1984" is a staple in classrooms. But the size of this reprint is unusual.
According to Nielsen BookScan, which measures most but not all book sales in the United States, "1984" sold 47,000 copies in print since Election Day in November. That is up from 36,000 copies over the same period the prior year.
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http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/25/media/george-orwell-1984-best-seller/?sr=twcnni012517george-orwell-1984-best-seller0935AMVODtopLink&linkId=33751381

Asmodean · Jan 26, 2017

Openmind693 said:

I wonder why?
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It was probably advocated as enlightening reading so often by old hippies it has gotten the status of some kind of real prophecy.

guerillabedlam · Jan 26, 2017

Pretty fascinating stuff.

http://youtu.be/c6GO7c-zO6E

pensfan13 · Jan 26, 2017

Wait. When a book sells out they print more?

MeAgain · Jan 26, 2017

“Science, in the old sense, had almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word for science.”

(language can be) “designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”.

“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
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“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”

“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”

“Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” ~ 1984
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BlackBillBlake · Jan 26, 2017

War is peace

Freedom is slavery

Ignorance is strength

pensfan13 · Jan 26, 2017

Blake is drunk

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