Jon Stewart, Bill O'Reilly Join Forces To Promote Books

NEW YORK — Jon Stewart, Barbara Walters and some other famous people would like you to buy books during the holiday season.

"Books make great gifts because they're an amazing way to kill time while your Web site is buffering," Stewart jokes during a two-minute video that is part of an industry campaign, , organized by the Association of American Publishers to boost books during an especially bleak economy.

The association announced Thursday that sales for October, based on results from 80 publishers, dropped 20 percent from the month before.

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The video, produced by Random House Inc. and featuring authors from several publishing houses, can be viewed on YouTube and on numerous retailer Web sites, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and the Fact & Fiction bookstore in Missoula, Mont., . http://www.factandfictionbooks.com

Also featured on the video are Martha Stewart, Maya Angelou, Nora Ephron, Julie Andrews and many others bearing seasonal advice.

"The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown: "Books make great gifts because they can unveil hidden secrets."

Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly: "Books make great gifts because you can prove your point with them. Give opinions!"

Comments

[ReelBusy]

Now turn off the computer and go read a bleeping book!

Try the brand new release DEFENDING ANGELS by Mary Stanton.

[imsosure]

Now we have some real entertainers, now the trick is to realize they are just that not journalists.

[ladyrefined2000]

john stewart.......his real name?.........not so funny anymore.........LOL

[itsamessi]

Who wuld have thuck it Jon S goes for tha MONEY! hahahaha!

[ladyrefined2000]

are you serious??????????????

[alicetilden]

I already ordered books for everyone on my list from Amazon this year. Sorry, O'Reilly, I must have forgotten to buy yours. My friends would have had some good kindling if I had.

[JadedAggie]

If you have anybody that uses fires to heat their home you should reconsider. O'Reilly's book makes wonderful kindling.

[ReelBusy]

I'm not for burning books.
Any books.
Even when written by idiots like BillO.
First Amendment and all that...

If you need kindling buy a newspaper, they need the help.

[sociocanuck]

Books don't allow you to prove points.

Having points that inherently can be proven, and writing them in a persuasive way allows points to be proven. It's not like I could write "THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!" and have it be true just because I wrote it in big enough text with an appropriately large number of exclamation points.

That said, I approve wholeheartedly of properly-written, well-thought-out books with a well-meaning message. I'm not sure Bill Oh'Really would know one of those if it fell on his head in a crowded book store(here's hoping one does); but at least promoting reading in general shows at least some semblance of intellect on his part.

[Sweetie4Obama]

What's up with O'Reilly's tie in that photo?

[SEQUOIABISON]

I think Billo's book would sell much better if he renamed it; Deep Dark Secrets of the Falafel Man.

[Colmore]

O'Reilly's book must not be selling well. What is the title again "A Fresh Steaming Pile " of something or other.

[CatfishAndGrits]

ROFLMAO!!!!

Btw its "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" (i think)

First the irony, O'Reilly thinking he's qualified to talk about humanity.

Second, why do feel like you've been molested after reading one of O'Reilly's book titles.

"A Bold Fresh Piece of ......."

In the words of Stephanie Miller............."umm, I think I just threw up in mouth a little bit"

[FirstShirt]

Must be a pinhead.

[AndThenOneDay]

Cmon, that's funny. A Fresh Steaming Pile... etc. You guys had better senses of humor before November 4.

[Bulbul]

Buy books `cause Barbara and O`riley wants to sell theirs even more ? Yes I would , but not the tabloid ones written by them ! I would rather buy literature and the above do not belong in such catagory.....and also they are filthy rich. Help the industry that needs support.

[pir anha]

i'm gonna start collecting these headlines and post them on my journal to keep track of how tabloidy huffpo can get. that'll be fun.

[brynn6]

I sure would like to help you guys out, but new books just don't fit into my very limited budget. I get most of my books on eBay, in lots of several at a time to save postage. I usually read 2-3 books a week and could never afford what new books cost these days.

[LiberalBuzz]

Tabloid headlines don't help this site.

BUT I like the idea behind what they are all doing.

[Untitled]

Jon's answer is the best.

But seriously, HuffPo, what's with the misleading headline? From the title, I assumed Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly were teaming up to form some sort of Megatron-like machine.

[trendier]

Aaron I totally agree with you about that. I was expecting a totally different topic from what I got from the headline.

[Aaron Haynes]

These kinds of misleading headlines are starting to get annoying.

[lunamobile]

Agreed. Pure sensationalism.

[brynn6]

I have offered my services, on the cheap, to HuffPo but sadly have not heard back. I've got the time, the rhyme and I don't do slime. I spel gud teu. :)

[Bulbul]

Exactly...