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Sarah Palin Finishes Memoir, 'Going Rogue' Out Nov. 17 (Let's buy it!)
CNS News ^ | 9.29.09 | Hillel Italie

Posted on 09/29/2009 7:16:26 AM PDT by IbJensen

New York (AP) - That was fast.

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said.

"Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project," said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. "It's her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."

Palin's book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall "the best possible time for a major book of this kind."

The book now has a title, one fitting for a public figure known for the unexpected -- "Going Rogue: An American Life."

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, has commissioned a huge first printing of 1.5 million copies. Sen. Ted Kennedy's "True Compass," published by Twelve soon after his Aug. 25 death, also had a 1.5 million first printing.

As with the Kennedy book, the digital edition of Palin's memoir will not be released at the same time as the hardcover. "Going Rogue" will not be available as an e-book until Dec. 26 because "we want to maximize hardcover sales over the holidays," Harper spokeswoman Tina Andreadis said Monday.

Publishers have been concerned that e-books, rapidly becoming more popular, might take away sales from hardcover editions, which are more expensive.

Palin, who abruptly resigned as Alaska governor over the summer with more than a year left in her first term, has been an object of fascination since Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, chose her as his running mate, making an instant celebrity out of a once-obscure public official.

During last year's campaign, pundits questioned whether Palin hurt McCain's presidential bid by "going rogue," or defying his campaign's control.

Although Democrat Barack Obama easily won the election and Palin was criticized even by some Republicans for being inexperienced, she remains a favorite among conservatives and is a rumored contender for 2012. Interest in her is so high that a fan recently paid $63,500 to have dinner with her, part of an Internet auction for a charity that aids wounded veterans.

Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn't authorized to comment and asked not to be identified.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: goingrogue; goodbyebarry; military; obama; obamacare; palin; sarah; sarahforpresident; sarahpalin; veterans
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Sarah, fortunately for America, will be around a long time much to the chagrin of the leftist, anti-America loons who are presently destroying this nation!

Go, Sarah. Although I'd never pay $63,500 for the privilege of dining with the senator, I'd gladly pick up the tab!

1 posted on 09/29/2009 7:16:27 AM PDT by IbJensen
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To: IbJensen

I checked in Amazon and no advance sale is listed. Do we know of anywhere else?


2 posted on 09/29/2009 7:17:47 AM PDT by cll (I am the warrant and the sanction)
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To: IbJensen

If anyone... ANYONE gives her a hard time about having a collaborator, we hit the Bill Ayers issue hard.


3 posted on 09/29/2009 7:18:37 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: IbJensen

Looking forward to Sarah’s domination of the news cycles this fall, as the Obamunist health takeover falls apart.


4 posted on 09/29/2009 7:19:08 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: IbJensen

“Sen. Ted Kennedy’s “True Compass,” published by Twelve soon after his Aug. 25 death, also had a 1.5 million first printing.”

I expect the price of firewood will be very low this winter


5 posted on 09/29/2009 7:19:56 AM PDT by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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To: IbJensen

Of course the media will give a full review....without ever reading it. They will just write how stupid she is, what a bigot she is, what a horrible parent she is, how much she spends on clothes, how extreme her views are, yada, yada, yada.....


6 posted on 09/29/2009 7:20:33 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: IbJensen

I’m in...


7 posted on 09/29/2009 7:20:44 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Just say no to Soylent Green health care)
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To: IbJensen

“with the senator”

You mean, “Governor” or perhaps “future President.” But that’s ok, we know what you meant.

Anyway, I can’t wait to get the book! I will order it online as soon as it is available and arrange for overnight shipping, so I get it on November 17th!

THIS IS GONNA BE A PHENOMENAL BOOK!!! I can’t wait to read it!

It’s definitely gonna top the best-seller list!


8 posted on 09/29/2009 7:20:58 AM PDT by wk4bush2004 (PALIN-BACHMANN, 2012!!!!!)
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To: IbJensen
"Democrat Barack Obama easily won the election"

He was behind in every major poll from the moment Sarah Palin was announced, until the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

9 posted on 09/29/2009 7:20:58 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: IbJensen

10 posted on 09/29/2009 7:22:51 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: IbJensen
Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said.

The name of the ghost writer is revealed by the MSM even before the book is published, yet nothing regarding Dreams of my Father or

11 posted on 09/29/2009 7:22:58 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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To: IbJensen

Allow me to be the first to pre-empt the democraps:

“I call for a congressional investigation as to how she wrote this so fast! Who helped her? What ‘back door deals’ were made, how much was she paid? Where did the money come from? Is there a ‘quid-pro-quo’? What is her shoe size? Is she lying about everything in this book, or just evil? Is it closer to New York? Or by bus? “

Did I leave anything out?


12 posted on 09/29/2009 7:23:03 AM PDT by Mr. K (THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
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To: IbJensen

I’m trying to find a link where I can get a signed copy.

Anyone??


13 posted on 09/29/2009 7:23:54 AM PDT by happydogx2 (A man who fears suffering as already suffering from what he fears......Montaigne)
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If by "Going Rogue" she means to go 3rd party, then I categorically reject it. That is the path to another Obama/Dem victory and more socialism, which America can ill afford.

If she means to take over the GOP as Reagan did in 1980, then I am in full support.

I'll pass on the book until I'm sure what her political intentions are.

14 posted on 09/29/2009 7:24:11 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: Yo-Yo

Don’t forget Hellry had a ghostwriter for her “Village Idiots” book.


15 posted on 09/29/2009 7:24:36 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: MaestroLC

I’m with you- we CANNOT afford a 3rd party this year (And I was a Perot supporter)

WE NEED TO TAKE BACK THE GOP


16 posted on 09/29/2009 7:25:39 AM PDT by Mr. K (THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
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To: Always Right

Their reviews were written months ago.


17 posted on 09/29/2009 7:26:06 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (No + Chavez)
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To: MaestroLC
If by "Going Rogue" she means to go 3rd party, then I categorically reject it.

Very good point!

18 posted on 09/29/2009 7:26:47 AM PDT by foxfield (Sarah Palin, America's "girl next door".)
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To: Always Right

THey hated Reagan the same way. No one could BELIEVE he seriously thought he could be president after the remarks about the welfare mothers driving to pick up their welfare checks in their cadillacs, etc.

That said, it’s totally up to her. Reagan showed, and I think Obama has also demonstrated, that the presidency is a prize for those who TAKE IT. It will never be GIVEN not as a right, or because it’s somebody’s TURN or for any reason. To win the presidency you have to DEFEAT THE OPPOSITION, by whatever means necessary.


19 posted on 09/29/2009 7:27:53 AM PDT by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: Mr. K

......and was she improperly and unethically wearing any corporate logos while writing this???

i hope those nuts in Alaska have their heads explode.


20 posted on 09/29/2009 7:28:22 AM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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