Posted on 09/29/2009 5:28:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sarah Palin may no longer be governor of Alaska, but she's certainly destined to become a best-selling author. HarperCollins, her publisher, has announced the print-run of her memoir will be a staggering 1.5 million copies -- equal to the print-run of Senator Ted Kennedy's posthumous autobiography published this month. Publishing sources tell me that such a giant run is only ordered up when there is clear evidence from booksellers and surveys of massive interest in a book.
The book, which will be published on November 17, was a crash project. Ms. Palin actually moved temporarily to San Diego after she resigned the governorship in July so she could be close to her collaborator, Lynn Vincent. I bumped into Ms. Vincent, a former editor at the Christian-oriented World magazine, in New York a few weeks ago, where she had parked herself in a hotel close to the offices of HarperCollins while working on the book's final edits.
Ms. Vincent didn't reveal any details about the book, but did acknowledge it will describe Ms. Palin's frustration over her treatment by the staffers she inherited from the McCain campaign after her surprise pick as the GOP vice presidential nominee last year. Ms. Palin was booked on grueling interviews with hostile reporters while talk-show hosts such as Glenn Beck couldn't even get through to her aides. Mr. Beck tells me he was stunned when he picked up the phone one day just before the election to discover Sarah Palin was on the other end of the line. "She explained that she had been blocked from reaching her audience, so she was now 'going rogue' and booking her own interviews," Mr. Beck told me. "I was thrilled she had burst out of the cage they'd built for her and we were finally talking."
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More here :
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/09/sarah_palins_christian_coautho.html
Sarah Palin’s Christian co-author
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With word today that the publication date of the memoir by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been moved up to Nov. 17, now might be the time to look at her collaborator on the project.
For all the attention paid to Palin’s faith during the campaign, we don’t remember her volunteering much on the subject. But as a co-author, she has chosen an editor with World Magazine, a Christian publication that offers a conservative take on issues and events.
Lynn Vincent has written about prayer in schools, gay marriage and, mostly, abortion for World. She is also co-author of the book “Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime and Corruption in the Democratic Party,” which the ad copy on Amazon.com promises will reveal:
• How corrupt Democrats in Congress outnumber corrupt Republicans by as much as three to one.
• How Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy were elected with the help of the Mob.
• What two eyewitnesses said about JFK’s obsession with hookers.
• How union operatives take from working families to deliver millions of dollars to Democrats.
• How Democrats in the 1990’s covered up a conspiracy one expert called “the largest incidence of obstruction of justice in American history.”
ya mean the GOP threw the election. wow I’m shocked
An initial run of 1.5 MILLION? Yeah, you might say so. Publishers aren't in it for the love of the game. And the Dems will be defecating masonry when they go to a second printing.
I don’t care or pay attention to what the left wing slime masters say about her book. I pre ordered two copies today. I hope it sells 10 million copies!! That may make the commies on the left take notice.
I dont normally buy these things. But I will buy this one.
I will be buying a copy, and I hope every conservative in the country will do the same. My share of Obama’s $13T in deficit spending over the next decade is $130,000. I can definitely afford $20 (or whatever) to make it even slightly less likely that we will have to endure more than four years under that hate-filled socialist.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the 1.5 million copies all sold in pre-sales?
How many printings will they go through before we see the actual book? :-)
I’m so pleased for you Sarah, except that I didn’t get to be your editor!
I know I’ll be buying the book!
The book just hit #1 at BN. Took about 9 hours.
Palin/Vincent 2012! :)
I went to Amazon to sit aside a copy, and it isn’t listed.
I’d rather spend money to buy Palin’s book to give to my friends and family than donate money to the RNC.
That was handled so poorly. They should have started her off with friendly radio talk shows in medium size cities and moved her to bigger ones as she got more comfortable. Then to friendly TV. Screw the libs as long as possible.
The Lynn Vincent books sounds juicy.
Sarah needs to cash in, raise her profile and have some money in the bank to really get out there and get her message out.
The difference is Dems do fake books which are payoffs by large publishing companies. No one ever reads their books with a few exceptions.
Repub or conservative books get read and REALL purschased by people. No one buys the Dem books - it is a scam. they end up going to the dollar store or the paper mill for recycling. Fools did buy Obama’s book, some people bought Clinton books but mainly true believers.
To bad old Joe K is dead he could buy up all the copies like he did John's K's first book to make it a best seller and then keep them in the basement and attic the rest of his life.
So will I. "Sending a message." BTT.
I sure hope she knocks it out of the park with this book.... she needs to.
This book will be dissected and twisted in every way imaginable. Yet it could be the launching of something great for her...... and our country.
I ordered mine today.
I’m going to order mine too... right away!!!
Anyone remember a few weeks ago Barb boxer’s “book” came out aka ghost written payoff by some publishing company.
I bet she will sell 1,000 if that. Like Meghan McCain’s book will be a payoff. Levi Johnson will probably get one too.
Sarah will sell big numbers like Levin and Glenn Beck. people will actually buy and read these books.
I’m with you to make a statement. I hope she sells 5 million books.
LOL!!!
I ordered the book today.
I think I see why she resigned.
Ditto.
I guess we know one thing for sure: Bill Ayers didn’t ghostwrite it.
It's right there at #23 on their 'Top 100' list...
But - that's OK - Sarah can handle it.
I dare say this sentiment is echoing across the country. I've no use for the GOP or RNC while they continually flush themselves down the toilet of politics by compromising at every turn.
I'm looking for Palin in 2012.
Let them. They are on a book review forum, and since their is no book as of yet; they wind up looking like bitter fools. You want to hit back hard? Buy the book.
Thanks for the Amazon link.
Are they trying to bury the book? I searched under both the title and author, and the book did NOT come up.
I wonder if Our Sarah will do any book signings?
If there’s one within 1000 miles of me, I’m THERE!
Pre-order Sarah Palin’s upcoming memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life (available November 17).
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This title will be released on November 17, 2009.
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I don’t know. I did a search and could not find it either. Then I saw a link on C4P for pre-ordering it on Amazon. I followed the link and bought the book.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
Yes it is, look closer. I ordered two on amazon today.
Anyone know how many books Matthews has sold? Bet its no where near 1.5 million.
Barnes & Noble’s price is better than Slamazon’s. 40% off vs. 32% off.
- JP
Shows as #23 on Amazon, can be preordered now.
Go Sarah!
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I very much hope she has written a "compelling" autobiography and brings a lot of new Palin supporters in to the fold.
Yeah, neither do I. But between Sarah and Cheney’s book I figure the price will be worth it.
No. 15 now — I just ordered it.
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