Conservatives 4 Palin notes something very odd in the New York Times' best-seller's list entry for Mitt Romney's book, "No Apology:"

Mitt Romney's book has debuted at #1 atop the NY Times best-seller list among non-fiction hardcover books. However, the NY Times also provides some additional information that may explain how Romney's book hit the #1 spot.

Whenever the NY Times places a "dagger" symbol next to a book, it signifies that "some bookstores report[ed] receiving bulk orders" for the book.

The NY Times placed not just one, but two, daggers next to Romney's book. You can draw your own conclusion as to who it was that purchased Governor Romney's book in bulk.

By contrast, the NY Times failed to place the "dagger" symbol next to Governor Palin's book in any of the weeks she held the top position on the NY Times best-seller list among non-fiction hardcover books. Despite the left's unsubstantiated theories, bookstores did not report to the NY Times that they received bulk orders for Going Rogue. See week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, and week 6. As you can see, in none of these weeks is there a dagger symbol next to her book.
 

This has already been picked up by Taegan Goddard and is already on the Hot Air front page. Some may draw the conclusion that the large number of bulk orders comes from attempts to inflate book sales. I do have to comment that given its #1 status, Romney's book has precious few book reviews on Amazon. I'll be interested to hear what Team Romney's explanation is for this, or if they just ignore the story.