She failed to save John McCain from presidential election doom, but Sarah Palin, the Republican senator’s controversial running mate, may yet emerge as the saviour of the American publishing industry. Literary agents are queueing up to sign her to a book deal that could earn her up to $7m.
With Barack Obama’s election victory certain to generate dozens of volumes from politicians, strategists and journalists – and with another shelfload of memoirs expected from members of President George W Bush’s administration – Palin’s personal account of her tumultuous introduction to national politics is widely regarded as the book most likely to repay a multi-million-dollar advance.
“She’s poised to make a ton of money,” said Howard Rubenstein, New York’s best-known public relations adviser.
“Every publisher and a lot of literary agents have been going after her,” added Jeff Klein of Folio Literary management.
Oh come on! I am supposed to believe that there are enough people who want to read a book by Sarah "Joe Sixpack" Palin to justify a seven million dollar advance? Is it a coloring book?
This is obviously just a transparent method for the Republicans to funnel money to Caribou Barbie in order to fill her campaign war chest for her heroic return to national politics in 2012.
What makes somebody believe that this dipstick could write a book that ANYBODY would actually want to buy? Is it from memorable quotes like this one:
"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media."
Or perhaps this one:
I’m not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college and their parents give them a passport and give them a backpack and say go off and travel the world.No, I’ve worked all my life. In fact, I usually had two jobs all my life until I had kids. I was not a part of, I guess, that culture. The way that I have understood the world is through education, through books, through mediums that have provided me a lot of perspective on the world.
Wow the words simply leap off the page don't they?
I wonder how many "betchas", "gotchas", and "also's" they will allow per page?
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fucking unreal....
ReplyDelete( what a pathetic thing....so I guess publishing houses really are pathetic...well, they better buy my book - right???? this really pissed me off...grrrr)
and yet another Kitty litter book....kind of like Scooter's book...
You know every editor who is worth their salt is quaking in their boots at the prospect of being tapped to make sense out of her gibberish. Memoir-shmemoir! The literary world doesn't need a Wasilla version of historic, personal exploration a la James Fry's "Million Little Pieces". Thank GOD there's a recession! I have to get my books from the library and--- Oh, shit. They don't ban books at my library. DAMN YOU, PALIN!
ReplyDeleteHopefully whatever publishing house does a deal with her will VET her properly (www.palindeception.com) before they pay out any money. If some of the questionable details start coming out about her faking a pregnancy and lying about it….she may not sell so many books. I wonder if the book deal would include an interview with fake baby birthing doctor, Dr. Cathy Baldwin Johnston? Would the doc be willing to put her license on the line?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should talk to the woman who tries to write the first book about her...apparently Sarah was so intellectually void, the proposed author refused to do the book. The problem is unless Sarah actually comes clean about her fake pregnancy, the book will not sell.
ReplyDeleteHeard a;lot of news commentators say that she kind of ruined her book deal by over exposing herself in interviews after the election.
They will be lucky if they can sell one to every far-right wing wacko in the USA. The rest of rational America will probably decide to pay their mortgage and car payment instead of putting money in Queen Sarah's pockets.
ReplyDeleteOn the other side, if half of the words in the book are "also" it would save a lot of writing time. Or...just have whole chapters of blank pages--that would be even more appropriate!
Now she can personally go on a shopping spree! Think of all the clothes she can buy with that money, thanks again to Republican efforts.
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