[kellynla]

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??

[BlueNgold]

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.

[duvausa]

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.

[Pubbie]

"I just checked the NY Slimes best seller list and Hitlery's book did not make the top 35"

Good thing Mullah Sheikh Abdullah-ziz Howell Raines is not running the Times, otherwise the Times would be inflating the numbers of "Hysterical Mythologies" just like Sheister and Schubert are...

[zeebee]

I just checked the NY Slimes best seller list and Hitlery's book did not make the top 35...

From the NY Times online Bestseller List:

" Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending June 7..."

So her book would not be listed there yet.