From a reader:

Hey Jonah,
Had to take an unexpected flight so bought LF at Chapters bookstore
in downtown Vancouver yesterday (a store I normally boycott) instead
of online as I intended. As I waited in line for five minutes to buy
LF I heard one to the clerks chatting to customers as he processed
them. From various things he said about purchases it seemed obvious
he was liberal. When it was my turn he said, “Oh yes, Mr. Goldberg.
I saw him interviewed by Jon Stewart. It was a very bad interview.
It was evidently 30 minutes but cut to six. Stewart clearly didn’t
like him or his book. By the end of the interview it made my want to
read it.” Thought you’d want to know.
BTW, the two copies of your
book weren’t with the new and bestselling non fiction on the first
floor. I found them by doing a computer inventory search in the
history section on the second floor. What a surprise.

Me: That was pretty much my reaction to the Stewart interview myself. I think it came across so disjointed and unfair that lots of people were left with a desire to know what the book was really about.

As for the book not being in the bestseller or new release sections, these stories keep pouring in. To be fair, there are also more reports of it being “fronted” nicely or at least defensibly in the new titles sections and the like. But I am amazed at how a book that has been on the NYT bestseller list for six weeks still is nowhere to be found among the various bestseller, hot title or even new release sections. For example, I’ve been to nearly a dozen airport bookstores in the last month or so and I’ve yet to see the book displayed in any of those sections. That was also the case in the DC, LA, NY and Atlanta bookstores I’ve visited as well.