Palin Book Deal Said To Be Worth $7 Million

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.

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Comments

[bubbuh]

So, willl she have a Holy Ghost writer?

[RobertAndropolis]

Yes, and upon completion of the final draft, her Kenyan witch doctor will lay his hands upon the spine and pray for Palin's monetary advancement, after taking his 10%.

[bubbuh]

OO-EE-OO-A­HAH-TING--­TANG-WALLA­WALLABINGB­ANG!!!!

[Canuknotusa]

It's disturbing that US society can produce this kind of windfall to someone who is so deserving of it!

[mitsie]

I don't think there is any book deal. No one gets 3-7 million for a book deal, it's more like $100,000 and then a percentage of each book sold. Any reputable publisher is not going to give any one including Palin that amount of money, especially in these financial times. I don't know if she started that rumor or what, but I 'betcha" it will never come to fruitation. She sure can't write the book herself.

By the way, I think that she may have enother ethics complaint if she does have a book written, especially if she is working on a draft on work time. The old saying, give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves.