DRUDGE: HILLARY SCANS 438,701 COPIES IN FIRST WEEK

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JUNE 22, 2003 20:31:28 ET XXXXX

CERTIFIED: HILLARY SCANS 438,701 COPIES IN FIRST WEEK

**Exclusive**

Hillary Rodham Clinton's LIVING HISTORY sold 438,701 copies in its first full week, NIELSEN's BOOKSCAN reveals.

The number represents scanned, purchased, sold and bagged copies at AMAZON, BARNES AND NOBLE, BORDER'S, COSTCO and other outlets.

Clinton showed selling power coast-to-coast, according to data.

In the Pacific zone, the former first lady scanned 100,529 copies of LIVING.

In the nation's Mid-Atlantic region, 86,618 copies were sold, with Northeast stores reporting 25,877.

Clinton was the top selling book [any format, any genre] last week, according to insiders, with runner-up, James Patterson's THE LAKE HOUSE selling 117,957 copies. [THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown, scanned 99,228; ATKINS FOR LIFE, by Robert C. Atkins at 38,009]

Developing...

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[Cathryn Crawford]

I was in B&N today and all the copies of the book were 30% off. I didn't see any gaps in the shelves, either. Of course, we don't suffer fools down here. She shouldn't expect a whole lot of sellin' goin' on around here. As a matter of fact, I think I saw some people spitting on them as they walked by on their way to grab "Treason".

[Semper Paratus]

I'm not in the publishing business but what would be the break even point in sales to recover the 8 million in advance?

[giotto]

I wish Drudge would not post so many pictures of the Beast on his website. It's not even safe to go there anymore, lest I be bomarded with images of that huge, greedy mouth and those bug eyes. What's he trying to do, drive away his loyal readers?

[Rosetta Stone]

As a Viacom stockholder, I'm happy to see those numbers.

I'm not buying the book, though.

[Edgar3]

Nobody can sell books like those Scienclintonologists!

[yankeedame]

I'm not in the publishing business but what would be the break even point in sales to recover the 8 million in advance?

I'm guessing S & S will need to clear about $10m-$11m to end up with zero. For not only do they have the cost of the $8m advance, but also the cost of editing, printing, binding, shipping, etc. etc.

I think at this point behind closed doors at S & S they're saying: "Well, let's work it so we don't lose too much."

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"I was in B&N today and all the copies of the book were 30% off."

To be fair, all best sellers are 30% off at B&N. The 30% discount has nothing to do with sales (or the lack thereof).

[sam_paine]

what would be the break even point in sales to recover the 8 million in advance?

Well, estimate "on the order of" $10/copy profit after printing, distribution, ghost-writer salary, etc. (It's not $1, and it's not $100).

So that would mean "on the order of" 800,000 copies break even....but certainly more than 80,000 copies and much less than 8,000,000 copies.

Even with powers of ten uncertainty, it seems like this book is not going to be a colossal failure economically, even if it is a tome of lies.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Yeah, too bad, huh?

[Maria S]

I had the MASSIVE PR campaign that she'd had, I could sell a million copies of "How Worms Reproduce"...or anything else for that matter!

The book is not selling in the Texas Panhandle.

[Bullish]

Liars!

[Semper Paratus]

I heard 1.2 million copies.

Well lets see the publisher probably didn't print that many yet, and re-oreders would depend upon projected sales. I don't know what the curve looks like for first edition hard covers but if the sales drop off is severe in the next couple of weeks we can assume that the hard core aparatchiks have finished their buying.

[ladyinred]

Big whooping freaking deal!
Harry Potter will wipe her out thank goodness, at least tone down some of the hype. I betcha she bought most of them anyway. (DNC)

[TommyDale]

Who gives a rat's ass?

[scott7278]

I was at a Books-a-Million in Charleston, SC about a week-and-a-half ago and they weren't selling too well there, either.

[Cvengr]

Indubitably, the balance will be picked up by Purina Chow, shredded and mixed with their nutriant cattle cake mix. In that fashion on can also make a mint in cattle futures. Isn't that how she balanced books for a profit in the past?

/sarcasm off

[Lib-Lickers 2]

Yeah but Sam Rittenburg is a dead zone,, lol

[Common Tator]

Break even point

Break even point would be about 1.2 million copies.

For the publisher to make as much on the book as they paid Hillary would take sales of about 2.4 million copies.

The typical writers royalty on a book is $4 per book.

The book wholesales for $14 each.