Maybe you shouldn't make inaccurate assertions like: He only sold 26,000 co  

Maybe you shouldn't make inaccurate assertions like: "He only sold 26,000 copies, nobody puchased his books."

Your premise is false from the get-feckin' go. 220,000 copies sold, not a mere 26,00.

"How the hell do you think people like Bernie or even Hillary make millions.   They are paid a retainer to write a book, paid for by people making money off there actions.  There are even legal retainers paid to politicians who have never even written the book yet."

You a publisher? Then what do you know about the business, why a publisher would pay an advance for an unwritten book?

But, I guess you know more law than a sitting judge; and you know more about publishing books than MacMillan, Thomas Dunne Books, Verso Books, Seven Stories Press, Type Media Center, Henry Holt and Gale? I am truly astounded... at your empty hubris.