That’s the sound of Bush administration officials cashing in on their “experiences” in book deals. While unemployment skyrockets around the US, top former officials are raking in millions in profits — before their books have even been penned.
Chief among them is President Bush, whose proposed memoir has fetched $7 million from Crown, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG. (Crown also published President Barack Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope.”) If his book is 400 pages long, that means he’s raking in more than $17,500 per page.
The second-sweetest deal appears to have been inked by erstwhile First Lady Laura Bush, whose book was purportedly sold for somewhere between $3.5 and $5 million (if her book is 400 pages, that’ll be just shy of $8,750 per page at a minimum).
Next up: ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice has a three-book deal with Crown for $2.5 million, a nice chunk of change at $833,333 per book.
Read on.
1 comment:
I shudder to think what the Falafel King makes on his books.
Oh bye the way did you see the Weasel's new sign on his show it's a red white and blue like interstate sign with the Weasels name on it. Like he thinks he thinks all American or something....sigh still a Weasel
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