Michele Bachmann

Running for president is supposed to help candidates sell their books. But for Michele Bachman, book sales seem to be mirroring her faltering campaign. Bachmann’s new memoir, “Core of Conviction: My Story,” was released on Nov. 21, and sales are off to an incredibly slow start, despite the congresswoman’s media blitz. Just 3,000 copies have been sold in the two weeks since its publication. The sales figures come from Nielsen BookScan, which monitors 75 percent of the hardcover and paperback book market. The numbers don’t include e-book sales, or books sold at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club, according to The