00:00 Penguin Random House cancelled four book deal with Harry after Sussexes bought 100,000 copies
00:05 of Spare by charity's money to dupe the publisher.
00:08 Amazon is hawking discounted hardcovers of Spare.
00:11 Amazon still must have too many spare copies.
00:14 Prince Harry's bombshell memoir Spare might be six months old but we're still reeling
00:18 from the many revelations contained in that book.
00:21 The book is with Amazon Prime Day deals.
00:23 It's also totally cheap now.
00:24 For Prime members, a hardcover copy of Harry's memoir is on sale for less than $14.
00:30 With Amazon Prime's member-exclusive Audible offer, the audio version of the book is free
00:34 after signing up for Audible.
00:36 Noticeably, the rating for the book on Amazon is 4.5 stars but sources said that it's because
00:40 their negative reviews were being deleted.
00:43 The way Harry and Meghan manipulate all these metrics shows how dirty this game truly is.
00:49 Rumor has it that one or more of Mr. and Mrs. Markle's charities pre-ordered thousands
00:53 because they will already be journalists worldwide pre-ordering so strategic to also buy on that
00:58 biggest selling time so that the purchase is high enough to get onto the bestseller
01:02 list.
01:03 So Harry and Meghan buy 100,000 books, maybe more, using Archibald's money, to run it
01:08 off and help sales figures and then they give out spare books to different people and organizations
01:13 like maybe the entire workforce of Invictus, BetterUp, Sensible and more.
01:18 A lot of authors do this and you can be sure that Meghan did for that kiddie book bench
01:23 bought thousands of copies then brings to school for their libraries and sends it to
01:26 other libraries and it's not costing her a penny because one of their foundations are
01:31 LOCs paying for these books.
01:32 Moreover, all the free copies, Audible had been advertising free copies since November
01:37 and all those free copies Audible gave away count towards the sales.
01:42 Next problem is all these people that ordered on Amazon and received two copies that would
01:46 have been reported as two sales.
01:48 Another problem is that we reported that the copies bookstores bought as merchandise for
01:52 being counted as customer sales since bookstores buy in bulk that would significantly boost
01:56 sales numbers.
01:58 Then there was the Gabor Mate therapy session where people were given a hardback along with
02:02 purchases of a ticket.
02:04 As Brittany from RNN pointed out, an e-copy would have made more sense.
02:08 The only reason a hardback could make sense is if they had too many unsold copies in the
02:11 warehouse.
02:12 It also explains why you can find copies at TJ Maxx.
02:16 I also found it interesting that there has been radio silence from Pinglim Random House
02:20 about any future books in what was a four book contract.
02:24 So I think between how long it took Harry to get spare out and the exceedingly lackluster
02:28 sales of the bench, Pinglim Random House may be fed up with the Sussexes and is willing
02:32 to talk away from the rest of the contract.
02:35 Because it's possible they broke even, only took a minor loss, or even managed to eke
02:39 out a bit of profit based on the sales numbers from PW.
02:42 But it was not an unmitigated disaster.
02:44 But whatever the actual inside dirt, I think the pain of getting spare out probably made
02:49 pursuing the other three books not worth their while.
02:53 One of the more jaw-dropping tales in the book was Harry's account of a 2019 argument
02:57 with his brother over the scrutiny Harry and Meghan faced in the British press and their
03:01 increasing distance from the royal family.
03:04 Harry claimed a heated discussion with the future king turned physical.
03:07 Another egregious claim from Harry stated that his father, King Charles, enjoyed teasing
03:11 him about allegations that he was the product of an affair between Diana and a lover.
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