The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic "1984" in response to a sudden surge of demand.
On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning the book was #1 on Amazon's computer-generated list of best-selling books.
[...] "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.
[...] 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.
When the submitter visited amazon.com, the book was ranked #3.
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(Score: 2) by ilsa on Thursday January 26 2017, @08:34PM
Keep in mind that the "progressives" in the US really arn't. The only reason they are even considered "the left" is cause "the right" is so much farther right. In any other democratic country, the democrats have more in common with that countries right than left.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 26 2017, @10:15PM
There is no need to keep this in mind because, in every political discussion on the internet, somebody from Europe (probably a Brit) happily regurgitates it for us.
But here's the thing: The USA, at least for the moment, is where the most political power resides, so they determine where the middle is. The proper phrasing that you are looking for is "Most democracies' dominant political parties are left and far-left of the USA".