The Book of the Month NOligarchy Profile
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Book of the Month earns a NOligarchy Score of 89.82 out of 100 — above the sector average, reflecting the absence of any lobbying on the public record, no recorded fines, and a Wealth Extraction grade held down by a sector-benchmark pay estimate applied in the absence of any matched company disclosure.
Current Pillar Scores
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
59.2
Playing by the Rules
100.0
Score history — 23 quarters
Tier bands show where each quarter's score falls — no numeric y-axis needed. The dashed ring marks the year-over-year comparison point. Tap any quarter but the first to see its pillar breakdown.
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Political Access Grade: 100/100. No federal lobbying expenditure, no Political Action Committee (PAC), and no executive contribution records have been matched to Book of the Month from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period). Whether that reflects genuine absence or the current limits of available public records is not yet confirmed.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 59.5/100. No company-specific CEO pay or stock buyback data has been matched to this company. The grade reflects a sector-benchmark pay estimate drawn from industry-wide data in the absence of any matched Book of the Month disclosure — it is not a figure the company has published or that can be independently verified against this specific company.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No fines, violations, or public subsidies appear on any tracked regulatory docket.
Book of the Month ranks 7th out of 15 companies in the Book retailers and news dealers sector — above the sector average score of 83.5, though sitting in the middle of the pack rather than near the top.
The Bottom Line: No Public Records Matched Yet
No lobbying, PAC, executive-donation, CEO pay, stock buyback, fine, or subsidy records have been matched to Book of the Month across any source this project currently tracks. That finding reflects the current state of available public records — not a confirmed verdict that the company spent nothing, paid fairly, or broke no rules. For a private company generating roughly more than $50 million in annual revenue — a figure attributed to industry sources rather than an audited filing — the absence of matched data is itself a limit on what accountability analysis can establish.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No federal lobbying filings, PAC activity, or executive contribution records have been matched to Book of the Month for the period from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. A search of the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) database returns no filings under the company’s name. No outside lobbying firms were identified, no former government officials appear on any retained lobbyist roster, and no issue areas or bills were reported. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records likewise show no PAC contributions and no matched executive donations to federal candidates.
Whether this reflects a deliberate choice to stay out of federal politics, a gap in how records are linked to this specific entity, or some combination of both is not something the current data can resolve. That distinction matters: a genuine absence of political spending tells one story about corporate power; an unmatched record that exists somewhere in the public archive tells a different one.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Book of the Month filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No company-specific executive compensation data has been matched to Book of the Month. As a private company, it is not required to file pay-ratio disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and no equivalent voluntary disclosure has been located. The best available figure is 182:1, based on AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch industry benchmarks for comparable companies in this sector. That ratio is a sector-level estimate — it represents what the pay gap in this industry tends to look like, not what Book of the Month’s gap actually is, and no dollar figure can responsibly be derived from it.
No stock buyback or dividend information has been matched to this company either. What, if anything, has been distributed to its private owners above and beyond operating costs is not visible in any public filing.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No fines, enforcement actions, or regulatory penalties have been matched to Book of the Month across any tracked source for the period from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. No public subsidies — grants, tax credits, or economic development incentives — appear in the record either.
This finding cannot be read as a confirmed clean compliance history. It means no records have been linked to this company in the databases this project monitors. For a private company with no SEC filing obligations, the public regulatory footprint is inherently thin, and the absence of a matched record is not the same as the absence of an infraction.