Saturday, January 28, 2017

President Obama To Cash In On His Memoir

Daily Mail: Obama is set to cash in on presidency with a reported $20MILLION advance for his memoirs

* Obama's memoir would 'go for more than any president's memoir has ever gone'
* He went into the White House as a bestselling author for his book Dreams of My Father, which was published in 1995
* The only other presidents to enter office as bestselling authors are Dwight D Eisenhower and Donald Trump
* After leaving office, George W Bush got $7million for 2010's Decision Points
* When Bill Clinton left office, he received $15million for his 2001 memoir, My Life
* Historians believe Obama's book will sell more copies than any other president

Former President Barack Obama could rake in more than $20million in advance for a memoir.

Esther Newberg, co-head of ICM Partners' publishing unit, claims that an Obama memoir would 'go for more than any president's memoir has ever gone'.

Obama, 55, went into the White House as a bestselling author for his book Dreams of My Father, which was published in 1995.

The only other presidents to enter office as bestselling authors are Dwight D Eisenhower, for his 1948 book, Crusade Of Europe, and Donald Trump for his 1987 book, The Art of The Deal.

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Update:
Barack Obama's Memoir Could Fetch $20 Million Advance (Hollywood Reporter)

WNU Editor: Both Presidents Bush and Clinton memoirs were .... IMHO .... boring. I hope That President Obama will break that trend in his memoir.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wonder how many words will be left when all the personal pronouns are stripped out.