[lbo-talk] The Chavez Bounce: Chomsky No. 5 On Amazon

[Sean Andrews]

On 9/21/06, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Chomsky's _Hegemony_or_Survival_ just shot up to #2 on
> Amazon (7 PM CST), beating out the pre-order sales of
> John Grisham's _The_Innocent_Man_, which was
> previously #2.
>
> Still hasn't topped Frank Rich, though!
>
> -B.
>

How is this possible?  I thought the way Amazon was able to maintain
such a broad selection was that it didn't have much inventory on hand?

 Do these numbers count for orders made even if there isn't stock to
fill it?

BTW, it is #1 right now.