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Yes, the book deal is now official. I'm delighted, but sadly all I can link to is this (in the book world, it seems, gossip columns count as hard news). Moving quickly past me, I was struck by the mention in the column that Hillary got $8m for her book (#880 Amazon sales rank). That's just $3m less than Bill (#40). Shouldn't the spread on that one have been a bit more?
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Notes and sources for the book
FREE will be available in all digital forms--ebook, web book, and audiobook--for free shortly after the hardcover is published on July 7th (exact dates will be announced here as each form is released). The ebook and web book will be free for a limited time, the unabridged audiobook will be available free forever.[Update: the first free versions have now been released.]
Order the hardcover now!
Does your deal (on which congrats, btw) mean it's all over but the writin'? Oh momma! Been there, almost didn't do that. Hell of a way to say hello, given that we now have cellphones implanted in every orifice (WIRED, 10/2000), but that's all this is: a hiya -- via a notice on JOHO. seriously, great to hear this news! -RB
Posted by: RageBoy | December 21, 2004 at 01:24 PM
This is great news since I thought the The Long Tail was excellent, yet left me wanting more. Here are my comments on the original article.
http://d3.blogsite.org/2004/10/long-tail.html
Posted by: dthree | December 21, 2004 at 08:37 PM
Hillary (_It Takes a Village_) was an established Best-Selling Author.
Bill was joining the long venerable tradition of (to be polite) books by ex-Presidents that people buy for a few weeks before most of the copies are remaindered and/or given away by The Heritage Foundation.
If anything, the spread should have gone the other way.
Posted by: Ken Houghton | December 22, 2004 at 05:49 AM