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Monday, 17 September 2007

Atlas Rocketed

After this article appeared in the New York Times citing numerous successful businessmen who are Ayn Rand fans and declaring Rand's Atlas Shrugged "one of the most influential business books ever written," the Amazon ranking of Atlas jumped from a healthy 388 to a positively euphoric 52.

Gus van Horn has the news, and plenty of links and commentary.

UPDATE: Stephen Hicks tells me the euphoria is even healthier. After the Times piece, the highest he saw for the paperback version was:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Also, the hardcover of Atlas moved up strongly:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89 in Books

And here’s The Fountainhead:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #167 in Books

Even today the paperback of Atlas is doing well and is at:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 comments:

  1. ZenTiger17 Sept 2007, 15:33:00

    Well, its one of the books in my library (along with The Fountainhead)

    Who is John Galt BTW?

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  2. Peter Cresswell17 Sept 2007, 16:55:00

    Ah, that would be telling. ;^)

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  3. Anonymous18 Sept 2007, 08:58:00

    I went to school with him. He's a good man.

    LGM

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  4. Peter Cresswell18 Sept 2007, 10:39:00

    You went to school with John Galt?

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  5. Anonymous18 Sept 2007, 15:34:00

    Oh yes. He was very popular. Many learned from his example.

    LGM

    PS he was also popular with the young ladies

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