Hilliary Freep Chicago Style

Free Republic ^ | 6-15-03 | N/A

[tom paine 2]

I'm originally Southside Irish but I live up here in the Northwoods near Green Bay. I would love to participate. I'm trying to fit this into my schedule now.

[JustPiper]

Gosh that would be great to have you on the north side ;)
Hope you make it!!!

[JustPiper]

Lady? How many Freepers are we up to?

[chicagolady]

I do not know, I do not want to sweat the small stuff. We have what we have and we'll have a good time!
You, me, Cherry, therightguy , steveeg, endeavor, those have all confirmed pretty much. I am e-mailing folks here and there.
Mr Magoo and GRRRRR may come out . BillyBoy? Justshutupand takeit? and others? Some others from Wisconsin may come out. It is still kind of early to tell.

[apackof2]

Dan from Michigan bbeat to to it!

[JustPiper]

Dan from Michigan bbeat to to it!

What your going in Michigan? ;(

[JustPiper]

Saturday, June 14, 2003 9:25 p.m. EDT

Lucianne Goldberg: Hillary's Book Sales 'Way Below 200,000'

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 that 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."

[Dengar01]

Is there any news if she'll be at the Sox/Cubs game. I'm betting she would (than again Rod Blagojavech got booed off the field at the home opener) but you never know.

Like I said earlier I'll be at the game and try to make it to the FReep since I'll be in the city. But if she comes to the game I'm in the club level above first base perfect place to dangle a banner in honor of hitlery.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

My husband (Angry White Man Syndrome) and I will be up in the Chicago area visiting his folks at that date...we are arriving from Oklahoma on the 27th (Friday). We will try our best to get out there if we can. It's gonna be a long drive with 2 kids and 2 dogs, so we'll see how we feel after the trip.

[steveegg]

May be just a bit late (a Registered special is just about done printing). GRRRRR started the "day-of" thread over here