Palin’s book sells a million copies in two weeks
posted at 2:55 pm on December 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
After HarperCollins massively boosted the initial run print, I wondered whether they might conceivably have to boost it again. Ten days later, we have our answer.
In all likelihood, with Christmas coming up, sales aren’t even to the halfway point yet.
The print run for “Going Rogue” has been increased again, to 2.8 million copies. The original printing was 1.5 million, then moved up to 2.5 million.
“Going Rogue” joins a select club of million-selling political memoirs that includes Barack Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope,” Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “Living History” and Bill Clinton’s “My Life.”
BJ’s memoir sold in excess of 2.2 million. How close will Sarahcuda come to that? Well, if the Daily Beast was right about HC aiming for a sell-through rate of 75 percent, presumably this means they think she’s going to glide in at 2.1 million or so. Or does it? If they’ve already got a print run of 2.5 million on hand, why boost production further unless they think it’s necessary to meet demand? Maybe they honestly think she’s going to sell somewhere just south of … 3 million copies.
The media’s handling the news by calling her a phony populist, natch, for having used a private jet instead of the bus on some legs of her bus tour. Conservatives 4 Palin answered that charge yesterday, but needlessly so: Neither righties nor lefties have any big problem reconciling luxury with populism, especially in an age when John Edwards presents himself as an anti-poverty crusader and Glenn Beck makes Forbes’s list of the most highly paid celebrities. If anything, I think her supporters relish the fact that the hometown girl has made good by earning millions for the book and $100K a pop to speak. Getting rich is the American dream, and Palin’s all about the American dream. And let’s face it, if she wasn’t hopping on the HarperCollins jet occasionally, the media would be dumping on her for using a high-end bus instead of going Greyhound. She can’t win, so why try? Click the image to watch.
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If one of you is CPR certified, then have at it. The joy is in the giving, is it not?
unwashed minion on December 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Oh trust me… I know all quite a few of them and I know what they do and work isn’t one of them.
upinak on December 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Re-read?
I’m pretty sure that all of her detailed experiences showed a flesh-and-bone presentation of her philosophy.
How anyone could miss that is beyond me.
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Hahahahaha! Idiot.
Blake on December 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Congrats to Gov Palin from someone hoping her book sales strip out Obama’s and Billary’s sales figures. As for the private jet, you go girl. If you didn’t use one occasionally the press would call Palin white trash who couldn’t even afford to use one or didn’t have enough high level friends to be able to board one. If Palin got a ride on Santa’ sleigh the leftwing media would criticize her for reindeer abuse.
eaglewingz08 on December 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM
In other words, people just like you.
Del Dolemonte on December 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM
What is her position on Dept of Education?
What about Kasmir?
What about flat tax or fair tax?
How about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, hate crime, Shariah law?
And on and on.
I’m just saying this was not a policy book and I think Sarah should write one along the line of Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative. I would like to see some gravitas and not just assume she has it.
huckleberryfriend on December 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Quote of the Day
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM
How’d that work out for Goldwater?
&& Do you check her Facebook page…EVER? I’m sure as the issues unfold, she’s been chiming in.
Kasmir??? Dude, please…FTLOG.
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I am getting my Mom a copy when I go to get mine signed in Plano this week. Or here’s hoping. It starts at 11:00am and I won’t be able to make it out there until around 10pm the night before. Heard there are folks going to be there 24 in advance so I will just have to cross my fingers.
XWing5 on December 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I’m not a betting man, ok I am a betting man, and I’ll bet that that is a certainty.
Incidentally, I’m having trouble finding a site that simply lists total book sales. I’m usually a google wizard; the hell is going on?
russcote on December 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Or adultery.
russcote on December 1, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I’m giving books to two of my most liberal friends. If they get mad so be it but I’m tired of having to correct their erroneous beliefs about Sarah which they get from the MSM… I just hope they actually read it!
Barry didn’t write his book and wish the MSM would stop saying he did… One day Ayers won’t be able to contain himself and will spill the beans!
CCRWM on December 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
you might wanna read.. outside the book and this blog.
upinak on December 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Thanks. If I buy a copy it will be for my fiancé. I bet she’d love it. I’m not a huge fan of the personal backstory/narrative books. They always feel like when a writer adapts a movie into a book to me.
jhffmn on December 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
They don’t allow smoking on airplanes!
singer on December 1, 2009 at 4:35 PM
FIFY lol :P
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I am reading her book now & find her very genuine.
She speaks like I think & speak.
I like that.
She’s a real person.
Reading about her & Todd & their fishing business taking a dive after the Exxon Valdez thing-it made me cringe.
Anytime someone mentions BSE (Mad cow) in the news, the packers use it as an excuse to take pennies on the dollar for beef, but when you buy it in the store, you still pay the same as you did before the scare.
Her fish story reminded me of our industry’s similarities-ordinary people trying to make a living.
Good for her!
The more I hear her speak, the more I read of her own words, the more I want to support her!
Badger40 on December 1, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Count me in as one who is waiting to buy the book as a Christmas gift.
Vigilante on December 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=730
unseen on December 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Willie also has an old pickup that he passes out in on the highway after smoking too much weed.
Love his music. But what a waste of human skin, otherwise.
Badger40 on December 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Did she ever actually call it a “bus tour”. I never had the impression it was a bus tour, just a book tour. People actually thought they were living on the bus? Good grief, we’re not talking about Uncle Eddy and his family here.
thevastlane on December 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Good grief, we’re not talking about
UncleCousin Eddy and his family here.thevastlane on December 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Duh!
thevastlane on December 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
The op is about the book. My post was about the book.
huckleberryfriend on December 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I just ordered another dozen for gifts. It will spin some of my friends heads if not make them explode.
Wade on December 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM
I’ll be very surprised if we don’t see something along those lines. I can’t imagine that there isn’t another book in the offing, given the response to this one.
Pablo on December 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
A lot of people say, “Why are you still standing? How are you still standing? Why are you coming back for more?”
On Facing Challenges:
This first interview segment shows Sarah Palin discussing how she came to know Jesus Christ as her Savior. “I’m not shy about talking about my faith, because for me my faith, my family, and my freedom as an American are the most important things in my life,” said the governor.
“I always have that foundation of faith that I can stand strong on and hold on to, to get through challenges. My faith in Christ is really, at the end of the day, my be all end all.”
http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=730
unseen on December 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM
The audio book has been released but is abridged… poo
Wade on December 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
“That there, Clark, is and ARRR-VEE.”
:P
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM
So “rightisliberal” can read it, too, then?
bluelightbrigade on December 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Hey champ, don’t you have a convict to hunt down or somethin?
Sapwolf on December 1, 2009 at 4:52 PM
All you have to do is apply Conservative thinking and the Constitution to those questions. If you aren’t Conservative then this will bother you. If you are a detail person then this will bother you. I am not a mind reader, but the way Sarah solves problems by having honesty, freedom, and liberty as her top concern leads me to believe that she will do well and govern wisely. All the nit-picky stuff will take care if itself. If you have read her book, then you will surmise that she will be writing another one. Perhaps she will address all of this stuff to your satisfaction. For now staying close to the Constitution is good enough for me.
BetseyRoss on December 1, 2009 at 5:16 PM
I remember reading on this very webpage about the deep concern for how many books Palin would sell. Remember, if she did not sell 400,000 then the book would lose money, yada, yada, yada…
Boy, how many of you guys were quick to jump on that?
kcarpenter on December 1, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Wow, and I’ve been waiting to buy her book until this month as they’ll be Christmas gifts and I was waiting on the e-Book version for the nook I’m ordering this week (if they’ll even ship it by then). I can’t imagine how many copies this will sell over the holidays.
smfoushee on December 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM
What is the public school polio vaccination policy devised by the last Public Health Minister of Kraplakistan?
Don’t know off the top of your head?
Then you are not qualified to be President. Sorry. Next!
Brian1972 on December 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM
I’m just saying this was not a policy book and I think Sarah should write one along the line of Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative. I would like to see some gravitas and not just assume she has it. huckleberryfriend on December 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Hey, Huckster. Here’s what this book does (for me anyway). It provided the prism through which she views the role of Govt in people’s lives, thereby illuminating the core principles that define how she approaches decision-making in a governmental role. Her principles, (I know, a foreign concept to lefties) shaped by her life experiences as related in her book, provide a framework for her decision-making process, that I could not be more pleased with.
Would I agree with EVERY decision she makes? Maybe not, but given her core principle of getting Govt out of the way of the people, and keeping Govt subservient to the wishes of its constituents and adhering to strict originalist constitutional interpretations – is all I need to make my decision about supporting her. All this is in her book, if you’re intellectually honest enough to buy and read it (which I doubt). I pray Sarah Palin is our next president, 3 years from now.
Fishoutofwater on December 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
for me my faith, my family, and my freedom as an American are the most important things in my life,”
K all I need to know about Gov Palin. In one quote
unseen on December 1, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Media’s Priorities Shine Bright, Again! :)
NoNails on December 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I read it over the holiday. Great read. Full of core principles. And what is policy, really, other than an extension of principles?
John the Libertarian on December 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM
It’s really comical at this point! Despite all of the important events happening in the world today – the president’s speech tonight on the strategy in Afghanistan, the Senate debate over health care reform, the disturbing details of the “Climategate” scandal, the continuing challenges facing the world economy – the media is concerned about my travel and lodging arrangements on my book tour?! Does this sound familiar? It should. The media showed the same out-of-proportion obsession with my personal arrangements, clothes, and hairstyles last year instead of focusing on the crucial issues involving the election.
So what is this news “story”? That I fly on an airplane to complete some of the stops on my book tour when it’s impractical or physically impossible to reach the next event on time by bus. Some news outlets are behaving as if my travel was a secret that they didn’t know about – despite the fact that I’ve tweeted about my flights and at least one local newspaper reported on the arrival of my flight into Rochester, NY. What’s even funnier is that these same media outlets think it’s shocking that we stay in hotels. I guess they expected us to pitch a tent alongside the road. We love the great outdoors, but such an arrangement is hardly practical for a book tour. Using common sense, it was determined that traveling by plane between some stops would save time and energy and allow me to go to more events. Economically speaking for HarperCollins, it’s more efficient to travel by charter, and I am very grateful to the publisher for providing my family and me with this incredible opportunity to shake hands with as many Americans as possible on this book tour.
If you’re scratching your head wondering why my flight and hotel logistics warrant news coverage, join the club. They can, of course, report on whatever they like, but in my opinion CBS loses whatever professional integrity it still has when it links in its report to a website devoted to the bizarre conspiracy theory that I’m not the real mother of my son Trig.
I’m truly humbled by the response to my book tour by everyday Americans, and if traveling by plane means that I can meet more of these wonderful people, I’ll travel by plane (or bus or train or canoe or dog sled or whatever it takes). Please enjoy the photos below!
Sarah Palin
unseen on December 1, 2009 at 5:35 PM
It’s a memoir, people. After the drubbing she took from the LSM, Palin needed to reintroduce herself to America. If she wants to involve herself more in policy, she can start making the Sunday show rounds or write another book. The book is good from all accounts, and I’m looking forward to getting my copy.
alliebobbitt on December 1, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Then it is very obvious you didn’t get it.
upinak on December 1, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Or perhaps more to the point: “Dear Katie, Here’s something for the next time they ask you what you read. Keep shakin’ that booty!”
Jim Treacher on December 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Half of the folks who buy her books can anyways barely read and write.
rightistliberal on December 1, 2009 at 3:36 PM
At least they are not dumb asses watching MSNBC and getting their trills with Chrissy and Olbie and waiting on marching orders from ACORN
bluegrass on December 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Huckleberry, I’m with Betsey on this one, and Rush for that matter. The book is full of policy. She gives the reader insight as to how she arrived at her policy making process. Since she didn’t have to make any decisions on Kasmir, I wouldn’t expect it in an autobiography. You need to rethink your position. Pretty lame at this point.
imadds on December 1, 2009 at 6:05 PM
She has my vote. I hate Huck – I dont hate Romney – but he is a RINO – but at least I trust him on the economy. Romneycare was awful – but I hope he has learned his lesson.
So far Palin to me is the only one that MEANS WHAT SHE SAYS. And she fights and is not afraid to call something for what it is.
Newt has shown that while he is a great speaker his decisions reveal him to be the RINO he really is.
I would love for Steve Forbes, Jim DeMint or Cheney to run – but they are outsiders at this point.
winged on December 1, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Yeah, you seem just the guy to give advice…you sound like you are F’in brilliant…what is her position on Kasmir, that’s exactly what we want to know….sheeesh…
right2bright on December 1, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Ummmm, no. That would be those O-bots who might’ve snagged one of the two Obama books. The data on your side’s mental capacities aren’t anything to crow about.
ddrintn on December 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM
^ Or maybe it’s that O-bots are on the sidewalks waiting for some of that Obama cash? From his personal stash?
ddrintn on December 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Oh that would be awesome. For all we know she did.
darwin on December 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Thank god! We went a whole 24 hour without a Quitter thread. I was starting to get withdrawal.
voxpopuli on December 1, 2009 at 6:49 PM
+100. This is exactly why she has my support. I TRUST her.
NoLeftTurn on December 1, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I love her.
royzer on December 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM
You think Barry would have supported the bailout? He’s rolling in his grave. Shame on you.
voxpopuli on December 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM
That line made my day!! I think you are seeing it now!!
ABC said she sold 2.7 million.
While the video says her fans won’t have an issue with it, notice the title under the video..”Her private jet might cost the “Going Rogue” author her hockey mom image.”They ALWAYS have to do stuff like that.
njpat on December 1, 2009 at 7:35 PM
– NebCon
Bingo NebCon…glad to see I am not the only one who sees that!
We need to have a beer some time:)
Gothguy on December 1, 2009 at 7:36 PM
The age of Palin is about to begin… 2012 to 2020.
WordsMatter on December 1, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I made a donation too. have not received my book yet. however, I have received both a nice signed personal note, and a signed copy of one of the slander mags from her, on previous occasions. I send her money whenever the rest of the world bums me out, which is quite often these days.
I have great expectations for this fine lady. She will do us proud.
PS – Was at local Northern L.A. (Conservative) suburb yesterday. They had one copy of Going Rogue left.
Teddy Kennedy’s memoir stack was untouched.
Jimmy Doolittle on December 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Good for her! And you are right. Nobody cares that she takes a plane at times.
AnninCA on December 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM
She could have driven her own pickup truck with granny in the back in a rocking chair, but that’s been done.
I have to say, just having flown across country, coach, after the holiday, I was not aware that flying in an airplane was a sign of elitism. I was, honestly, cramped and a bit grumpy. If I’d only known I was a member of the privileged class, I’d have demanded some privileges.
What I got was a choice of cookie, peanuts or pretzels.
IndieDogg on December 1, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I bought the hardback copy first and am enjoying it. The other night I bought the audio from iTunes – it is great to hear her in her own words. Sarah is an excellent speaker as it is and her audio version really projects her speaking abilities. However, the audio version leaves a lot of fun anecdotes/stories out – that’s the only thing about only purchasing the audio version, I would recommend both.
repalincan on December 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
If you do, you MUST get video and share it with us!!!
4shoes on December 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM
The Big Bus carries the staff and the set up folks to several stops in the same area and functions as a BillBoard. The Jet does the long haul travels over 200 miles while the Candidate sleeps overnight in a supporters home or a hotel so that they can be fresh for the next days 8 hour grind of greeting strangers. Saying she is a poor girl enamored of wealthy lifestyles is another sick joke by the Government Media.
jimw on December 1, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Okay, Ill bite,
No when did she break 10K sold?
DSchoen on December 1, 2009 at 10:16 PM
One million books sold in the first week!
Outstanding!
Palin has “Saved or Created” more privet sector jobs in one week than Obama and the Dems have all year!
And that’s provable!
DSchoen on December 1, 2009 at 10:44 PM
North LA basin? Dude, is that Teddy as in Bill and Ted? You did pass through San Dimas right?
Are you one of the Wild Stallions?
Sapwolf on December 1, 2009 at 10:47 PM
And the MSM point out that “only” a thousand or so people showed up at her book signing in The Villages. Maybe they expected everyone who bought her book and hasn’t had it signed yet to show up? I guess they figure that anyone worth their salt can autograph a few hundred thousand copies in one day. Hell, sure The One could manage that in half a day!
Dr. ZhivBlago on December 1, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Todd is a licensed pilot. Not sure about the ‘Cuda. They have a vintage Piper that can land on the water, they keep it at their lake home. In fact, they named their daughter Piper after the plane.
gary4205 on December 1, 2009 at 11:45 PM
So it’s OK for Hollywood pilots to take private planes, like Harrison Ford and John Travolta, but not OK for Sarah Palin, private citizen?
The whole point of ‘making it rich’ is to do things like have a luxury car, fly first-class, take nice vacations, whatever floats your boat.
The first thing I would do with my millions is buy a new house on a huge chunk of land – no HOA to tell me what to do with my property. I would have my own park in the backyard and entertainment facilities like a pool, game room, home theater, etc. Then I would get a housekeeper, someone like Alice from the Brady Bunch. My dream is to never do laundry or dishes again. Oh, isn’t that just like all those Hollywood stars?
Common Sense on December 1, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Next Sarah has to really dig deeper, beyond talking points.
If she can’t, that’s OK.
But she’s not prepared for a national position, then.
AnninCA on December 2, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Are you able to express your thoughts in complete sentences? Should we then consider your expressions seriously?
daesleeper on December 2, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Or water rights in the southwest, or the plight of the sand cricket in Arizona. THOSE positions are what is going to determine if she gets my vote. 8^P
leftnomore on December 2, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Now, be understanding of AnninCa– she’s from Caifornia.
leftnomore on December 2, 2009 at 1:08 PM
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