Moore Baloney

On March 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT, at Gather.com, a Gather member named SALEMSSISTER posted this exciting headline:

ROCHELLE MOORE (the Celtic Witch) her book reaches NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERS LIST - WITCH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERS LIST WWW.AMAZON.COM

This was followed by cut & paste Moore promotional stuff. Salemssister, interestingly enough, joined Gather.com on Feb 8, 2008 - just in time to promote Moore's book, Beyond The Third Eye, which 'she' did lavishly - and her next-to-final post was to promote Witch; one month after it's release.

What someone apparently doesn't know - wait for it - is that Amazon archives all it's bestseller lists. You can search by year, month week, and even day.

Aren't databases and IT perfectly lovely?

Being the inquisitve little cat that I am, I searched March, 2009 for a mention of Witch on Amazon's bestseller list. Imagine my surprise when it was not amongst the 1-100 bestsellers. I then tried April, just in case Ms. Salemssisters had been a bit late writing her gushing review. Nothing. I then tried weeks, and days. Nothing. Witch never made it to any bestselling list on Amazon. Ever.

Ms. Salemssisters third and final post to Gather was on May 23, 2009 06:54 AM EDT , with this awe-inspiring news:

In conclusion, I leave a fitting tribute to Salemssister, to celebrate Witch hitting the Amazon Bestseller List:

Turn it UP

;)