Bush’s book deal fetches just $7 million.

[stevedeshazer]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/19/bush-small-book-deal/



President Bush has signed a book deal with Crown to publish his memoir, tentatively titled “Decision Points.” The deal is worth a reported $7 million — a hefty sum, but it pales in comparison to the rumored $11 million Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) might fetch. As Gawker pointed out, other political figures have landed more lucrative deals:

It’s $5 million less than Bill Clinton’s advance for My Life, $1 million less than Hillary Clinton got for Living History, and $2 million less than the advance for the memoirs of Tony Friggin’ Blair.

Late last year, some publishers were suggesting that Bush hold off writing a book, because of his dramatically low approval ratings. “iven how the public feels about him right now, I think patience would probably be something that I would encourage,” Paul Bogaards, executive director of publicity for Alfred A. Knopf, said.

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heheheheHAHAHAHABWAHAHAHAHA!!!

[CreekDog]

1. that buys a lot of crayons

:D

[MrModerate]

2. It's pretty straightforward -- publishers know the thing's going to be . . .

A piece of crap that will sell well only to zealots and libraries. Why pay big bucks when the thing is going to tank?

[spanone]

3. $6,999,000.00 too much.

[Somawas]

8. You left 5 "9"s off that number. nt

[jobycom]

4. They should confiscate that to help pay his credit card debt for the Iraq invasion. nt

[Wickerman]

5. wow, the even bigger travesty in this is that Palin gets 12million

She has no history, has no policy background. Nothin' but air.

[Dukkha]

6. does it have a title yet?

my preference is "George Bush and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Presidency"

[stevedeshazer]

19. "Decision Points".

It's in the original post.

The fact that Bush himself could not even pronounce the words "Decision Points" without exposing his high-level toxicity proves that he could not possibly write a book beyond the understanding of a fourth-grader.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. Nobody believes he can write a book, 7 million for letting someone ghost write for him isn't bad

[TahitiNut]

9. It may not sound like much, but it's $500,000 per page ... large type.

:evilgrin:

[stevedeshazer]

20. Heh.

:)

[tanyev]

10. Coming soon to the clearance shelves...

[Horse with no Name]

15. I'll wait until it hits the Dollar Tree

Right alongside Rush and Billo's books.
Shouldn't take too long.
I figure that lonely 23% will all snatch up a copy for posterity, after that, BONFIRE!

[CatholicEdHead]

16. Coming soon as free gifts for conservative publication subscriptions

via those bulk purchases.

[chollybocker]

11. Bush will buy 700,000 copies of his own book.

There! It's the Bush Library!

[WindRiverMan]

12. I wonder how much of that goes to the ghost writer

because you know there won't be a book without one.

[DainBramaged]

13. This is what they paid for

[NYC Liberal]

14. Newsmax and other RWers will buy it in bulk, thus making it a "bestseller"

That's what they do. You can tell, the NY Times puts an asterisk next to them.

[Stinky The Clown]

17. And he has to split that with the actual writer

He's a fucking moron.

[Mike 03]

18. What is new? He won't write it, and his author won't get any credit or maybe a shard

of what Bush gets.