One of the most prominent examples of failed left wing books is “Pageboy,” a memoir from actor Elliot Page about transitioning from Ellen Page. Page received a $3 million advance, but sold just 68,000 copies, despite massive promotion, media puff pieces and a celebrity figure with a substantial following.

Another example is “Dear Miss Metropolitan,” a book about three “black and biracial” girls, which garnered a $250,000+ advance, only to sell 3,163 copies since it was released over two years ago. Claudia Cravens’ book, “Lucky Red,” received a $500,000 advance and sold just 3,500 copies despite being a “queer feminist Western.”

Why are there bidding wars over unsuccessful woke books? Because of institutional racism and progressive political obsession within the book publishing community.

The Free Press quoted an unnamed senior editor saying, “We flat-out decided we weren’t going to look at certain white male authors, because we didn’t want to be seen as acquiring that stuff.”

[What a coincidence! Readers clearly don’t want to be seen acquiring that *other* stuff. Miller also points out that Page actually claims to be a white male irony, for a double dip of irony. — Ed]