Jessica Lynch aside, books on war in Iraq sell little

This Associated Press article says with a first printing of 500,000 and a media campaign that’s hard to ignore, Pfc. Jessica Lynch’s ”I Am a Soldier, Too” should become the biggest best seller about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

And virtually the only one.

”Since 9-11, books on the Middle East … have continued to sell at a steady pace. Books specifically on Iraq have not sold as well,” says Bob Wietrak, a vice president of merchandising at Barnes & Noble.