[COUNTrecount]

So she doesn’t get to keep the 14 million dollar advance?

Maybe in another universe.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/publishing-source-hillary-book-bomb_795079.html

Publishing Source: Hillary Book a ‘Bomb’

9:46 PM, Jun 16, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPER

In an email this evening, a veteran publishing source calls the latest Hillary Clinton book, Hard Choices, a memoir of her State Department years, a “bomb.” The source is referring to the early but underwhelming sales figures.

“Between us, they are nervous at S&S [Simon & Schuster],” says the source, who gave permission for his email to be published. “Sales were well below expectations and the media was a disaster.”

According to this source, a Simon & Schuster insider, “They sold 60,000 hard covers first week and 24,000 ebooks.” The publishing house was “hoping and praying for 150,000 print first week.”

“The 60k represents a less than 10% sell thru based on what they shipped,” says the source.

It’s been reported that one million copies of Clinton’s book were shipped weeks before the June 10 publication date. “They will be lucky to sell 150,000 total lifetime,” the source writes in the email.

Hillary reportedly received a near-$14 million advance, a sum the publishing house will unlikely make back.

“It’s a bomb but it will be interesting to see how they spin it.”

[Tugo]

Big empty books make good doorstops.

[RightGeek]

Depends on her contract. Some authors don't have to repay advance if royalties fall short. Most authors do since publishers aren't in the business of subsidizing authors. However, we're talking the crooked Clintons and Simon & Schuster here. Which category do you think Hildabeest falls in?

Yeah. Me too.

[NewHampshireDuo]

The publishing house was “hoping and praying for 150,000 print first week.”

I doubt that the publishers were praying (at least in the true sense of the word).