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Lucianne Goldberg: Hillary's Book Sales 'Way Below 200,000'
NewsMax.com ^
| 6/14/03
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 06/14/2003 7:53:17 PM PDT by kattracks
According to renowned New York City literary agent Lucianne Goldberg, those fabulous book sale figures racked up by Hillary Clinton's "Living History" may turn out to be mere publishing industry hype.
Reacting to Tuesday's reports Mrs. Clinton sold 200,000 copies a day after her book's release, Goldberg told syndicated radio hosts John Batchelor and Paul Alexander, "I'm told you can't get those figures in one day."
Citing another publishing source, she added, "They do have a system for [tallying up early book sales] but they doubt that they were able to access it that swiftly."
While Goldberg said her sources didn't have an accurate sales figure for Hillary's book, she put the number at "way below 200,000."
What about Simon & Schuster's million copy initial press run? Goldberg said the figure is just public relations hype and that the first run printing was probably no more than 350,000 copies.
The longtime publishing maven explained there would be no need for Simon & Schuster to print a million books. If they needed more, "you push the button on the press and you can crank out another 50,000 in a 24-hour cycle and ship them out."
In fact, sources in the field are reporting disappointing sales for Mrs. Clinton's book, Goldberg contended. "I can tell you a store that gets a call from the New York Times best seller list, and they're looking over there at 50 copies that haven't been bought."
She agreed with the characterization of Mrs. Clinton's book as "a loss leader" and predicted, "If this book doesn't take off over the weekend [Simon & Schuster] is going to be eating a lot of these copies."
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I was in Costco the other day too. Plenty of Hillary books there, saw some people looking at them. I bought Guilliani's book instead. Was hoping to make his numbers go up as hers go down.
To: PoisedWoman
The eight million is an advance. No strings attached as long as she produces a book. I just checked the NY Slimes best seller list and Hitlery's book did not make the top 35 so I don't know how her book could be such a hot seller and not even be on the top thirty five nonfiction list????
Maybe Bubba didn't buy enough books last Monday??
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:32:38 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I actually saw one person pick up her heinous' book and then put it back. That was me. I checked the index, then went to see what she had to say about Filegate. Blah blah blah nothing there. A few short paragraphs blaming Starr, then "As Senator.."
From flipping through, there seems to be a lot "As Senator.." passages.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:33:48 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: PoisedWoman
Media standards sure have taken a nose dive. Remember when Newt took a $400,000 advance on a book and the press hounded him until he agreed to, I believe, only be paid royalties on the books sold? As I recall, Republicans and Democrats were disappointed in Newt profiting off his tenure in congress.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:35:53 PM PDT
by
DPB101
To: kattracks
It's ranked #2 on Amazon.
To: ladyinred
Imagine that. Lying about how well the lies are selling.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:40:38 PM PDT
by
MichiganCheese
(What would Scooby Do?)
To: kattracks
I just saw the book at a Borders with a 30% off sticker on it.
-PJ
To: kellynla
The $8 Million, as I understand it, was the contract value.
From CNN.com - 11 June 2003:
Publisher Simon and Schuster said nationwide sales were about 200,000 since the book went on sale Monday. Clinton was paid a $2.85 million advance as part of an $8 million deal.
Even the advance amount was hype designed to garner headlines.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:49:52 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: DPB101
Newt's advance was an initial $400k with advance payments totalling more than $4.5MM. His book deal was massive. He returned all but $1.00 of the advance and restructered his deal into royalties only and still made his 'contract value' in the end.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:51:56 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: BlueNgold
Well if you are correct I stand corrected. The word throughot the industry was eight million. Period. As long as she produced a book. Of course what she produced is a sad excuse for a book. But that is for someone else to critique who is foolish enough to buy it and read it.
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:53:49 PM PDT
by
kellynla
("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
To: kattracks
I went to barnes and noble in Lynnwood Wa, sat where I could see the display and pile of wasted paper. 2 hours durinng the day watching and reading, I saw 2 maybe three of her books sold. Its a big store in a demacrat neiborhood, no way did they sell 200k nationwide.
To: Slyfox
People of Neeeww Yaaawwwk! I can fit 3 regulation sizes of these into my mouth!!
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posted on
06/14/2003 8:56:57 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
("Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers." ----- Jayson Blair)
To: kellynla
Not trying to 'correct' anyone. Actually I was trying to point out that the $8MM hyped in fall of 2000 was nothing more than splash and flash designed to get headlines and exposure. The whole deal is a sham IMHO. S&S made a huge contribution to help finance the Clinton move to NY, which in effect was a campaign contribution since the move was required to allow her run for the Senate. Note the resurrection of the VRWC in her interviews - I believe they are already setting up the excuse for poor sales when her book hits the discount racks.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:02:01 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: kattracks
Firstly-------shouldn't some of our resident doofi who are always bashing Limbacher and NewsMax be rushing in here to attack this story? {and of course, indirectly defend their goddess Hillary}?
Anyway, I spent a couple of hours in Barnes and Noble on Wednesday. It was pretty busy and they sold two of her tomes before I left. The kid that checked me out said he hadn't handled any himself and that they had gotten "a lot of them" in. They had the 28 buck book marked at 20 % off I believe. It was the first thing you saw upon entering.
Sam's had 103 copies on prominent display at $16.32 a copy. Did not recount them before leaving.
On another note, we are in the age of Just In Time Inventory. Does it make any kind of business sense for a publisher to print a MILLION copies of a book without firm sales commitments? Wonder if the printing plant employees have been sworn to secrecy?
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:05:18 PM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: kellynla
As I understand it, the NYTimes list is usually a week behind--that is, the list you see this Sunday represents sales from June 1-7.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:06:11 PM PDT
by
duvausa
To: NJJ
So let's assume the book of lies is being sold at 3500 stores total. I bet you a nickel the S&S is counting the books they sold to those 3500+ retail outlets as "sales".
To: BlueNgold
Correct. But this is just the set-up for Boy Clinton and his thousand pages of trash. He will undoubtedly back-up her version of every event and explain that the VRWC prevented the co-presidents from taking over one seventh of the national economy, catching bin Laden, saving the WTC, blah, blah, blah, blah........
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:09:50 PM PDT
by
AIRFORCE76
("from my cold dead fingers..")
To: Rockpile
Wonder if the printing plant employees have been sworn to secrecy? You already know what happens to the ones who do not vow to secrecy. They become another tragic statistic of.......Arkancide
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:16:25 PM PDT
by
eeman
To: TC Rider
"Now marked down to $15.88"
Great news. On Monday last week, our Kroger flyer advertised for $21 for the first day's sale.
If Lucianne says it, I'll believe it.
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posted on
06/14/2003 9:26:34 PM PDT
by
katze
To: SkyPilot
She really ought to see a dentist -- there's evidence of tooth decay on one of her fangs.
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