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Clinton's 'History' creating a hubbub - Crowds, record sales predicted for her White House memoir
Associated Press ^
| June 9, 2003
| Associated Press Staff
Posted on 06/09/2003 12:13:42 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Clinton's 'History' creating a hubbub
Crowds, record sales predicted for senator's White House memoir
06/09/2003
Associated Press
NEW YORK Wristbands, like those used for ticket-buyers at rock concerts, for the first 250 fans. A summer tour of major American cities.
Welcome to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2003 book tour.
The host of the tour's inaugural signing event for Mrs. Clinton's Living History, a Barnes & Noble in midtown Manhattan, is counting on heavy crowds Monday.
Store managers will distribute wristbands to the first 250 people seeking autographed copies of the senator's book, in order to make sure everyone in line has a copy.
Even before a single copy has been sold, the company's vice president of marketing, Bob Wietrack, predicted the memoir will be the chain's No. 1 nonfiction book of the year. Simon & Schuster, which agreed to pay Mrs. Clinton $8 million, has printed 1 million copies.
The bookstore visits are only part of the media blitz. Barbara Walters interviewed the senator for a Sunday segment on ABC, in which Mrs. Clinton said her marriage has "been tried and tested and we are at the point now that we're looking forward. ... I hope that we'll grow old together."
Time magazine is running excerpts from the book and an interview with Mrs. Clinton. In the interview, she is asked if she plans to run for president in 2008, and answers: "I have no intention of running for president."
A new ABC poll found that 53 percent of Americans don't want the former first lady to ever run for president. The same poll found Americans are still divided about her, with 44 percent expressing a favorable opinion and 48 percent viewing her unfavorably.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: clinton; democrats; hillaryclinton; livinghistory; lyingwench; memoirs; rats
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To: F16Fighter
61
posted on
06/09/2003 6:06:27 PM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: MeeknMing
The same poll found Americans are still divided about her, with 44 percent expressing a favorable opinion 44 percent of Americans think that North Korea is a paradise.
62
posted on
06/09/2003 6:13:31 PM PDT
by
JoeSchem
(Okay, now it works: Knight's Quest, at http://wwwgeocities.com/engineerzero)
To: keithtoo
"I predict a quick burst of 'excitement' followed by a droning boredom" I agree. After they've paid everyone to buy the book. It will end at Barnes and Noble alright. $4.49
To: MeeknMing
Will not sell the million.
64
posted on
06/09/2003 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
CPT Clay
To: MeeknMing
It'll flop, like Algores book.
65
posted on
06/09/2003 6:30:57 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Time may be a great healer, but it's also a lousy beautician.)
To: MeeknMing
Heh -- Can we do a little t-shirt merchandising here?
66
posted on
06/09/2003 6:34:17 PM PDT
by
F16Fighter
(Democrats -- The Party of Stalin and Chiraq)
To: MeeknMing
I've written two books, one published by a major New York publisher and one I published myself and got it picked up by a major distributor, so I know a little bit about this subject. There is a big difference between shipping a million copies of a book and selling a million copies. I've been saying since the day this deal was announced that Hillary's huge advance (and Bill's, too, for that matter) was a payoff to Democrats to grease the wheels of legislation favorable to the big media companies that own the publishers and had nothing to do with anticipated sales. I've also been saying that if you actually want a copy of what would undoubtedly be a load of self-serving lies, just wait a couple of months and you'd be able to pick it up in any remainder bin for $2.99, which is 299 cents more than it's worth, unless you rip out the pages and use them as fireplace starters. I stand by that prediction.
67
posted on
06/09/2003 6:48:52 PM PDT
by
HHFi
To: hattend
I live in PA...also saw the local news showing segments of the booksigning in Manhattan at Barnes and Noble bookstore, then they showed the local bookstores here along with interviews/comments from the customers...One lady said she was buying it for her aunt, then they asked if she's buying a copy for herself, her response was no, that her aunt can tell her about it. Another gentleman said how much he liked her, has been following the great job she's been doing, another lady said she's buying two, one was a gift, and mainly buying it due to Hillary's family having in the area..
They interviewed the manager of the bookstore who said they'd been receiving calls all day, but had to tell the customers they were sold out, taking names and phone numbers of people so they can put their copies on hold til they pick them up tomorrow because they were anticipating another large turnout since their phones have been ringing off the wall...The manager also said that some people were purchasing 2-4 books at a time, and those were to be given as gifts, which they offer gift wrapping services.
However, I didn't call any of the other bookstores in the area because I was mainly interested in the bigger stores to see what kind of response they were getting due to the your comment..Wonder how long this frenzy will continue?
68
posted on
06/09/2003 8:08:32 PM PDT
by
Bella
To: MeeknMing
LOLOL :-)
69
posted on
06/09/2003 8:10:31 PM PDT
by
Bella
To: HHFi
Have you seen the prices her book is being sold for on ebay?? I was shocked to see this today!! Check it out if you haven't already..shocking!
70
posted on
06/09/2003 8:11:45 PM PDT
by
Bella
To: CyberAnt
Dereliction of Duty is being shipped by Amazon. My Father's Day gift to my dad shipped today. I got dibs on second read!
71
posted on
06/09/2003 8:39:51 PM PDT
by
Seeking the truth
(I went on the FRN Cruise for the 2nd time! Y'all don't miss the 3rd, ya hear?)
To: kattracks
LOL!
72
posted on
06/09/2003 8:48:51 PM PDT
by
kitkat
(CONDEMNATION SALE, UN property in NY City, handyman special)
To: HHFi
I've also been saying that if you actually want a copy of what would undoubtedly be a load of self-serving lies, just wait a couple of months and you'd be able to pick it up in any remainder bin for $2.99, which is 299 cents more than it's worth, unless you rip out the pages and use them as fireplace starters. I stand by that prediction. Amen ! Stick to your guns !!
73
posted on
06/10/2003 2:43:47 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: F16Fighter
hehe ! I'd love to have a T-Shirt with that one of bill on it !!! LOL !
74
posted on
06/10/2003 2:45:16 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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