”If I wrote a book, I wonder if anyone would color it.”
Posted on 06/05/2025 3:12:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
We saw it after Watergate. The parties involved with almost every aspect of the cover-up cut some sort of book deal. Woodward and Bernstein wrote All the President’s Men which amplified their involvement as members of the media. G. Gordon Liddy wrote Will where he accepted responsibility for his actions. John Dean penned Blind Ambition to paint himself in a favorable light. Most got hefty advances from publishers for their tomes, and a few got movie deals. After Watergate there were cries to prevent this kind of profiteering, but nothing was done.
Now, with Biden’s mental collapse, we see the grifters emerge once more. Jake Tapper’s book came out with a clear agenda, attempting to deflect his role as a member of the media in the cover-up. Karine Jean-Pierre has announced her book deal too. The person who dropped the false “cheap fakes” phrase in an attempt to protect Biden now is going to release a book, no doubt attempting to salvage whatever remains of her reputation. She will not be the last to jump on this bandwagon driving over Biden’s infirmity in order to cash in.
The truth is often irrelevant in these literary works… and I use the word, “literary” loosely. This is about cashing in. As an author for almost four decades, I can assure you that publishers use these books as a means of laundering money to their authors and ghost writers. Big advances are shelled out for books that often don’t ever sell enough to recoup that money in terms of sales via Amazon or bookstores.
So why is this a grift? This model almost certainly creates financial incentives for people to be deceitful, knowing that when they drop their tell-all books, they will be on a glitzy book tour (if there is such a thing),...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
He got Will wrong. Liddy admitted he was behind the operation but not the plan. That was John Dean. Dean sued him but lost.
Enough information came out that it led to his pardon by Carter.
Liddy said the biggest reason for tge break-in was to get the list of high end escorts the Dems used for donors and such. He claims Dean was dating one.
He also said it was retaliation for a break-in of a RNC office by them.
The book deal scam is one of the biggest grifts in DC (which is saying a lot) but I don’t know how you could really stop it. A private company can give any kind of advance they want to a writer.
I remember reading that China bought 1000s of Hilary Clinton’s book and just used it as scrap paper but it was how they lined her pockets. I don’t know if it was a true story but I wouldn’t be surprised
When I started out writing I was resentful of the fact that most nonfiction books are by celebrities, famous or infamous.
Obviously “as told to” or “with.”
Still am.
As a writer, a REAL writer, I agree.
James Wright of TX. Even earlier, Profiles in Courage but people did read it. Not Wright’s book. They were sold in bulk.
Hang in there, FRiend.
Got a book coming out in August.
Fingers crossed.
Congrats. Don’t be shy here.
What a sick, lying sack of sh*t that female is. And WHY isn't a special counsel investigating that SHAM of a show trial called the 'January 6th Committee'? Another in a long line of scandals of the ByeDone Era.
”If I wrote a book, I wonder if anyone would color it.”
Lol! 😂
Hahaha
Something left out is how the left can keep a book in the air to extend its sales and effect by giving it awards over the period of a couple of years, and of course by making movies of them.
Earth in the Balance was one of those that the left would pull back in front of the public eye by giving it some award or such.
Believe them if they self publish on Amazon.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.