SP got $1.25 million for the stupid book???!!

[Blue_In_AK]

This makes me sick.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33495409/ns/today-today_books/?GT1=43001

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue."

A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin's finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor. Palin says she received the money from publisher HarperCollins for the book.

The document only provides a partial picture of the book deal because it doesn't cover the three months she has been out of office. Palin doesn't elaborate on her book compensation, describing the $1.25 million figure only as a "retainer," a word rarely used in publishing.

Her personal spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, declined to provide more details of the book deal.

"The Governor has complied with Alaska disclosure law by her filing," she said in an e-mail Tuesday. "Now, as a private citizen, her business dealings, including her publishing agreement, are confidential."

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[mike_c]

1. I believe that's $1.25 MILLION....

I'd be OK with $1.25.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Thanks, I fixed it.

I was so in shock my fingers wouldn't even type "million."

[tmyers09]

2. She shouldn't have even gotten a dollar and 25 cents...

much less 1.25 million.

[Barack_America]

3. The book she didn't even write.

[Ikonoklast]

4. I'm glad she is getting the money. I wish the fools would give her more.

She has finally hit the big time as a grifter, as all those sheep funnel their hard-earned coins into her pockets.


A fool and his money...

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. The money is from the publisher not from readers.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Exactly. But they recoup their investment.

Fools like Scaife, Koch, etc., who truly believe financing and underwriting bulk sales of this type keep the rabble all roused up.

Her 'readers' usually get those type of books for free as an enticement to contribute to whatever wing-nut organization, foundation or narrow special-interest group those who underwrote the publishing are pushing.

They look on it as an investment. Give the gullible a 'free' book, and get a twenty dollar donation in return.

I only wish I could scam them that well.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

15. They hope they recoup their investment.

[Winterblues]

5. I'm happy about it.. Otherwise she might still be our Governor..

Just remember a fool and their money are soon parted.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Well, yeah, there is that...

Hasn't it been refreshing having her gone?

But, come on --- $1,250,000?? I guess not having her as governor is almost priceless. :rofl:

[AndyA]

7. No wonder why she didn't want to be governor anymore.

Now she can sleep in, have conference calls in her jammies, and generally be a lying sack of shit at home.

[WCGreen]

8. It's how the right wing supports these flubs.....

Signing them to ridicualous book deals that more often than not end up in the remander bins.

[madinmaryland]

10. Try reading "Going Rouge"

That should be a more interesting a much less biased look at Ms. Palin.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. I agree. Much more interesting

and informed. Here's a link: http://www.themudflats.net/2009/10/21/going-rogue-vs-going-rouge/

[C_U_L8R]

12. If there is justice it will be a recoupable advance

At the 50-80% discounts that this book is going for (and its not even out yet)
plus the crazy promotional costs,
its possible that Palin would have to give the advance money back.

That would be a good laugh.

[Rosco T.]

16. so, what... a 1/4 mill a page?

can you wipe it off and color it again?

[DavidDvorkin]

17. If the publisher makes a profit, then the advance was justified

Publishing is a business. The stupidity of a given book is irrelevant. How well it sells is all that matters.