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

[w&cheneysuck]

O'Reilly is the Archie Bunker of the media.

[TrooAmerican]

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

That is sooooo o Funny that he said that. He ALWAYS gets guests books quotes wrong, intentions wrong, statement ideas wrong, he even got the content of his OWN Book wrong before being challenged by some teenager on air. my lord.

[josephbua]

The only points Bill-O knows come from the RNC every morning and Grover Norquist's Wednesday meeting.

[susou]

I love Frank McCourt, I had the pleasure of listening to him speak at my school and getting him to sign my book-- which he would only do with his own pen!

Lol, great man!

[rsaillant1]

Frank didn't wish you to have his fingerprints or DNA...simp­le!

[adv2int]

I thought I saw Blago in that vid for a second I had to do a double take.

[NextYearLions]

Books are a great way to make money pretending you know everything and to inflate your ego, eh Bill?

[pons1595]

Buy books and save the economy? We don't want your frgin' books. Giving gifts are retailers' idea of what Xmas is all about. We need to eat, shelter and protect our families first. Many are burning books to stay warm. Buy books for Xmas! Good luck with that.

[DoctorWhoDat]

Books make great gifts like " My Pet Goat" GWB 9-11-01

[MACS]

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Will This be the only book in his presidential library??

Some people have so stated..
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[slc1950]

He could give out autographed copies to raise money for his library.

[T4Obama]

Billo fans might want to start with "See spot run".

[isis]

Those "People's History"books by Howard Zinn are really good. So are the science disaster ones like A World Wthout US and Collapse.

[Freedoms Friend]

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

Problem is Bill you can "prove" any point with a book and that is why most books are not worth reading as they represent just one mans opinion and most people read to reinforce their held beliefs.
Some examples, Christians read the Bible, Muslims read the Koran what do they learn ? a deeper understanding of what they already have blind faith in!

[johnnynyc]

Julie Andrews and Martha Stewart are joining forces?

Wha??

[HoraceOvidson]

I hope there not promoting their own books. They wouldn't be so crass. Probably talking about the classics--­.eg. Dickens, Hardy, Austen, Tolstoy, Flaubert, Marquez, etc.

[walk0nwalls]

Well BillO, debatable but Jon, probably not.

[CalexenderJ]

Rachel Ray is definitely pimping her own book.