“Hillary Clinton denied that she has the ambition to run for US president. “I have no intention of running for president,” HillaryClinton said in an interview with Time magazine in which excerpts from the book were published Monday.” :)
Back on topic, we know that Sarah Plain’s book will have a bigger first printing (1.5 million) than Hilary's book did (1 million).
It's virtually certain that Sarah's book will beat Hilary's 24 hours sales of 40,000 at Barnes and Noble, and 200,000 total first day sales(according to Simon & Schuster). I think Sarah going to smash those records(if they still the records for a political book), into pieces.
Anyone have any idea what the life to date sales are for Hilary's book, Living History ?
“Here’s the evidence. The advance paid to an author represents an advance on royalties based on the number of books expected to sell. The author’s royalty on hardcover books is 10 to 15 percent of the sale price. The publisher gets the rest. This is industry standard. So, if Clinton’s contract gave her 15 percent–the top rate–then she gets $4.20 for every $28 hardcover book sold. At a million copies sold, Clinton’s cut is $4,200,000. At a million and a half copies sold, her cut is $6,300,000–still way short of the $8 million advance.
Last reports are that Living History sold 1.2 million copies, and bookstores are reporting that sales in the last couple weeks have dropped way off. It seems she could sell a million and a half by year’s end–but not much more. There’s really no way they could have expected it to, which means that Simon & Schuster effectively altered the ratio of publisher/author earnings for Clinton. Hillary didn’t get just 15 percent, the maximum percentage that authors earn in royalties; she got a million to a million and a half more than the 15 percent would have yielded.”
http://www.nypress.com/article-8015-did-hillary-get-75-publishing-professionals-fired.html
hillary got 8 million yet palin only got 7 million
I wonder how many copies Barnes & Noble bought...
I remember seeing lots and lots of Hillary’s book in the remainder bins. They printed a great many, but they actually had trouble selling them.
Prominent dems are probably buying up thousands to drive up numbers. That happens sometimes when it comes to the books of politicians.
A primer on how to throw an ashtray...in ten easy lessons, or three hard ones??
I am only assuming that...I did not purchase one.
Gee, funny that this came up again.