> > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: There are still 8 hours left to order Refaat's book and have it > count toward the NYT list > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:01:05 +0000 > From: Ryan Grim <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Ryan Grim > <reply+2j67fo&2y9nd&&942c16c287ddb4035c4883af963e56f1cf7ba814cfa40dc3fdc58d45bc5c6...@mg1.substack.com> > <reply+2j67fo&2y9nd&&942c16c287ddb4035c4883af963e56f1cf7ba814cfa40dc3fdc58d45bc5c6...@mg1.substack.com> > To: [email protected] > > The New York Times’ bestseller list counts any order that comes in before > Saturday at midnight. > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > > > > > Forwarded this email? 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So if you’ve been meaning to order Refaat Alareer’s > new posthumously published book “If I Must Die,” you have about eight hours > to do it. We are stunningly close to making the list. > > The book is out of stock everywhere, but you can still order it here, and > those orders will count, > <https://substack.com/redirect/a2561656-fc9c-436a-9e37-1dcf41e5349d?j=eyJ1IjoiMnk5bmQifQ.8mID50n2TRDFqqDu26l58MRGJp2Jf2bvnOlJ1GqovdQ>even > though you won’t get the book for some time. > > *One word of caution:* I strongly advise you DO NOT order now from > Amazon. Amazon is filled with scammers and they noticed that there was > viral energy around this book, so now a bunch of fraudulent sellers are > trying to capitalize on it. Amazon has no incentive to stop this activity, > since it’s effectively a monopoly and they make money either way. 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