Sen. Clinton's book sells 1 million copies in one month:
- "What has been particularly exciting is the speed with which it has achieved such unprecedented sales levels," Simon & Schuster executive Carolyn Reidy said in a statement.
The company ordered 1 million copies for the first printing, an extraordinarily high number for a nonfiction book.
"It feels pretty good," Clinton, D-N.Y., said. "I'm excited that this all happened in a month. I'm a little surprised."
"Living History" hit stores June 9 amid a wave of publicity and promotional appearances by the former first lady.
First-day sales topped 200,000, and the publisher quickly announced that it would print even more copies to keep pace with demand.
Clinton signed an $8 million deal to write the book, in which she recounts, among other things, her personal pain and shock at her husband's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. [AP]
Article comments
1 - Steve Rhodes
I'm sure she was shocked at how stupid and reckless he was. It was one thing to do it back home, another in the glare of the White House.
2 - Natalie
Color me romantic -- and this is not to say that a lust for power is not or could not be part of the mix -- but I suspect she really does love her spouse. Of course, I don't know the truth about Ms. Rodham Clinton's personal feelings any more than those who insist she's only in the relationship for power.
3 - Eric Olsen
You are both probably right: even with his track record, perhaps she really didn't realize the depth of his foolishness in this area. I aslo think she must love him in spite of it all or else even the power wouldn't be enough.
4 - Natalie
"You lay your bets and then you pay the price /
The things we do for love."
5 - Temple A. Stark
And whichever way you lean politically you are attributing words to Hillary Clinton that were not said by her in the article you quoted.
No no.
Your point may still be valid, but not based on this.
6 - Al Barger
Congratulations to Hillary!!
7 - scott olson
Democrats do what they always do: use tax payer funds to promote their causes and candidates because they can't do it legitimately. Feminist groups like NOW use "battered shelter" funds, labor union use "worker retraining" funds, etc. to buy her book and then the Hollywood idiots buy 10,000 copies at a time and donate them to homeless shelters and actually think they're doing good. Democrats do the same thing when anti-social socialists liars like Michael Moore writes a book or makes a movie.