Jim Acosta had a "please clap" moment last week, after the CNN White House Correspondent sold just 30 books during an impromptu signing at an Arlington, VA Barnes & Noble, according to the Daily Caller. After tweeting to his 1.25 million surely genuine Twitter followers, hardly anyone showed up. Surprise signing at Arlington, Virginia Barnes & Noble! pic.twitter.com/8UCrbfwsQ4 — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1138986102935760896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); According to an employee, Acosta simply called up the store and told them he would be coming. After he arrived, CNN's heckler-in-chief stood behind a counter and signed books for an hour or so. "It was kind of very quiet — he showed up and signed," the employee told the Caller. "No customers waiting for him to sign his book," - he just showed up. A manager at the Arlington Barnes & Noble told the Caller that the store sold “like 30-or-something” copies of Acosta’s book while he was there. He said the store still has some of Acosta’s books in stock. -Daily Caller Jim Acosta goes unnoticed at book signing, signs book for himself pic.twitter.com/e2KhyeMRIc — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1138990803861348353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Acosta did, however, get some praise... There's just one thing!! This woman Jim Acosta retweeted to promote his book is a Senior Vice President at HarperCollins, the company that published his book. pic.twitter.com/byZXqVedl2— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) https://twitter.com/MattWolking/status/1139906827162927104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Sad!