February 6, 2008
What's selling on Jewish Literary Review?
Since I’m plugging stuff today, I figure I may as well plug my own stuff for once.
I started this blog back in May and I’m happy to report that turned my first profit last month. I didn’t make a lot of dough but for once it was the kind of money that folds instead of the kind that jingles.
The bulk of my revenue comes through the Amazon Associates program. When visitors click the Amazon links on this site (either the banner ads or the text links inside the blog posts) and they purchase something from Amazon, I get a small commission.
I wanted to thank the people who have bought books through this site and I would encourage you to continue to do so in the future. 
In the meantime, I thought it might be interesting for folks to see what types of books are being purchased through Jewish Literary Review. There are some interesting and unexpected titles. Amazon does not tell me who specifically purchased each book, only that a copy was purchased through my site.
So, without further ado, here’s an alphabetical list of what sold last month:
• “A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life,” by George Konrad
• “Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979 -1985,” (Norton Paperback) by Adrienne Cecile Rich
• “Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure,” by Michael Chabon
• “Gomorrah,” by Roberto Saviano
• “Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland,” by Jan T. Gross
• “People of the Book: A Novel,” by Geraldine Brooks
• “Still Life and Other Stories,” (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) by Junzo Shono
• “The Book of No,” by Susan Newman
• “The Kite Runner,” (Riverhead Essential Editions) by Khaled Hosseini
• “The Periodic Table,” by Primo Levi
• “The Principles of Uncertainty,” by Maira Kalman
• “The Rabbi's Daughter,” by Reva Mann
• “The Sabra: The Creation of the New Jew,” by Oz Almog
Delighted “The Book of NO: 250 Ways to Say It–and Mean It and Stop People-Pleasing Forever” made your list. I’m guessing its appearance must have to do with the “Jewish guilt factor” since after reading it people tell me they now refuse requests and feel far less guilty. And, that’s as it should be.
a very keen observation, dr. newman.
i’m quite sure the two are related.
you might put Jewish mothers out of business.