Since people seem to be confused a little on this point, let me stress that Palin is not suing Random House. Yet.
The point of this letter was to serve notice to Random House that a future lawsuit is possible, even probable, and that they are being reminded of their legal obligations to preserve records.
The INTENT of this letter is encourage Random House to pull the book and issue a retraction & apology rather than risk a lawsuit.
In any event, the statute of limitations (2 years, I believe) gives Palin plenty of time to now ignore this issue until after any 2012 election activities are complete. Even if such a suit were to proceed, Palin’s involvement would be minimal in the early stages.
“The INTENT of this letter is encourage Random House to pull the book and issue a retraction & apology rather than risk a lawsuit.”
My thoughts exactly. I believe that since Sarah has not been harmed financially by the book she probably is not seeking a serious, punitive, financial award. It’s her family’s good name and honor that has been besmirched and she rightfully deserves a retraction and an apology. Random House is probably going to wait a week or two to milk any possible sales and then pull it.