(CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" has sold more than one million copies after debuting only two weeks ago, her publisher Harper Collins tells CNN.
In light of the book's overwhelming sales, a Harper Collins spokesperson said they have decided to increase its printing to 2.8 million copies, more than a million more than the initial order.
Palin's book sold more than 700,000 copies in the first week alone, 100,000 more than Hillary Clinton's 2003 memoir "Living History" sold in the same timeframe. "Going Rogue" also well outpaces President Barack Obama's 2006 book "Audacity of Hope," which sold less than 100,000 in its first week.
But Palin falls short of former President Bill Clinton, whose 2004 memoir "My Life" sold 900,000 copies in week one.
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Who says there's a recession? Oh wait, it's not a Conservative recession... I forgot.
Wow! 1 million! That's almost the number of lies and distortions included in her book! (and that's just the number her fellow republicans, including McCain's staff have caught her on)
I'm happy for Sara for her successful book sales , I'm sure she needed the money & it will help out her family nicely. Shes really pretty , I like to see her on T V .
I bought a Spiro Agnew watch that went backwards in my younger days- that didnt make me a fan of the man-She will sell books- but will NEVER be President.
The NY Times list is based SOLELY on sales. I would imagine at least 500,000 of that 700,000 were bought up in bulk by various neo-con orgs. to give away, with the remainder already in the 'deep discount' bins.
4,000 .00 an hour Gulfstream Jet ?
I thought she sold it on Ebay ?
What a Bimbo !
Sarah wins.......her detractors lose.......
One wonders how many copies Heritage Foundation and other right wing think tanks bought to give away as thank yous for donations?
most fiction does well – look at "Twilight" or "Harry Potter".
Seriously, there will be a MAJOR announcement about the war tonight, and the senate is currently debating a MAJOR change to the health insurance system in the United States. There will be a jobs summit on Thursday, and President Obama is going to the climate change summit in Copenhagen. There is enough real news...we don't care how many novels the ghost-writer for SP has sold! For god's sake, if you can't think of anything to write about, track if retailers are making a profit during the holiday shopping period. Any real news would be greatly appreciated!
Whoop -Dee-Doo,.. all it proves ,is that there's a million suckers on the loose,.. the same type that watch and buy the infomercial crap merchandise.
Comedy sells!
And this is news why? There was mention of Palin helping people and groups buy the book at a discount rate. I suspect that it will drop off the shortly after the new year. My question is what will the return rate be after Christmas? I suspect it won't be too bad because there are some people who might actually want to read it. I'd rather borrow it from the library if I were to stoop to reading that.
real americans will always draw admiration from the masses. radical anti american marxists libs, well not so much.
im comforted to know that there are only about one million or so idiots in America!
Palin is still a better fiction writer than Bill Clinton.
"Mein Kampf" was a big seller, too.
Unfortunately the dumbest common denominator seems to be very common once again.
Must be competitive with toilet paper. Careful you don't get a rash.
As I suggested several times to CNN, why would not change your netwrok name to "The Palin Channel".
In a day when the president of the US announces a critical new strategy plans for Afganistan, CNN announces in the first Ticker item about Palin 1 million book sales.
Is it not clear that she quited her governorship job for an easy money making machine in writing a book ( full of lies, BTW?)
Yep... thats about how many ignorant people that are able to read there are in this country. The rest of her base are functionally illiterate. Oh... was that too harsh, sorry, 6 out of 10 dixiecrats (now calling themselves ultra-conservative) can't read this anyway.
She is prescious and America knows it. Unlike the present President this woman has class and at least knows the protocol of the office. That is why she will be PRESIDENT IN 2012. I can hardly wait. Then something of value and the attacks on Christanity will pass.
Not bad, considering she didn't tour the big cities like NY.
With all the vitriol spewed at her by the loony left, she must be doing something right!
Well, all I can hope is that the other 299,000,000 people are smarter than this.
Did she pass tha mark in the Gulfstream Jet she is taking from book signing to book signing or was it in teh bus she pretends to ride around in like some sort of martyr?
Why does the public keep rewarding people who are not very bright and yet so brazenly proud of their ignorance? Only in America that one can be so proud of being so dumb and reap great reward for flaunting their cluelessness. Look at how rich and how "powerful" uneducated individuals like britney spears and sean puffy and j lo are these days. The public need to reexamine the standard they have for whom they want to put on the pedestal.
Let's get the list of buyers and see who REALLY bought this rag.
The most expensive toliet paper ever sold. I'll pass on this one.
Now that she has some money maybe she will go away
Oh...just forgot to mention, that you also dare to compare Palin to Hillary Clinton in saying she sold 100,00 more copies than Clinton in the first week, no mention from Obama.But you forgot to mention that she wrote the book within a few weeks with the help of professional writers, just to make quick money...do you compare the quality and depth of Clinton's or Obama book to hers?
First of all, when Obama's book came out in 2006, nobody really knew of him! Ohhhhh, but if they did!
Saracuda's Tsunami
Okay, but who is actually buying this book? I don't know anyone who has bought it or intends to buy it!
And there's plenty more stupid, backward, teabaggers, waltzing around the Walmart parking lots standing in the rain to buy this quitter's comic book.
OH NO!!! How could anyone who the (minority) LIberal Left concludes is such a dufus possibly be such a success???? Could it be that the Left is worried "SICK" of this Lady becoming their nemesis???
You can't compare Pres Obama's first week sales for his book because he was not a national figure then
And how many copies did the RNC, Tea Baggers, PACS, and uneducated far right wingers make up that number? Let me guess, hmmm 1million..
1 million fools
Palin's book is the most bogus million seller in history for the simple reason that it has been selling on the internet for $9.99 (see Amazon, etc.). This million selling mark is no more than a PR move to create the illusion that she is doing something extraordinary. If Dan Brown, Stephen King or John Irving sold their hardcover novels for ten bucks they would sell several more million sellers than they already have. Once again we have a person, Sarah Palin who is doing things with smoke and mirrors, just like her governorship and just like her VP run.
total baloney..obviously padded & contrived sales figures. even here in alaska the books are gathering dust on the shelves!
Most of these copies aren't "sold" but were bought in bulk
That's a lot of money spent on bird cage liner.
2.8 million books sold, 70 million votes, yeah new President Sarah Palin > I don't think so
From Palin with full of lies ohohohoho
I am really surprised I didn't hink that many of her supporters could actually read. Maybe they just bought the book for the pictures!!
I don’t see the reason to compare her book to the Clintons. I’m not taking sides here but the Clinton's lived in the White House, are in politics for decades and had a much more interesting story to tell, compare her book to Anne Coulter or Bill O’Rieley
It's sad that 1 million people follow Sarah Palin
I am really surprised I didn't think that many of her supporters could actually read. Maybe they just bought the book for the pictures!!
Hopefully she will take her 35% and disappear.
Scary.....that says alot about the intelligence of my fellow Americans.
John Reith, Albany, N.Y.
Think of all the hungry people that wasted money could feed-and really make a difference instead of polluting all of us with lies and innuendos...wake up folks-she's a loser-and a liar!
How many did she buy herself?
Big deal... There is plenty of fiction books that sell that many copies in just days... She has nothing is substance to say.
What I find interesting, though, is that I've seen several TV commercials offering the book for $4.95, which I would think, at best, covers only publisher costs and royalties. I would like to know how many books have been sold for a price at least as high as the price offered on, say, Amazon.
I dont beilieve for one minute these numbers are legit. There have been far too many purchases by subscription services. She will have to sell millions more to pay for the airplane and bus tour she has been on. There is no way that there are one million legitimate buyers of this lie filled book written by someone other then herself.She is most well known for her lies and I think the same can be said about the sales of her so called book.It is in clearance bins everywhere
Not a big surprise that there are 1 million nuts out there...after all, McCain got 50 million votes with this idiot on the ticket.....
What are people going to do with all those door stops?
Who cares? And I am not one of the buyers. And she will never be President.
seeing that the price of the book is $4.97, I'm surprised it's not 2 million hahahaha
Thanks John McCain. This joke of a woman is all your fault. I bet you wish you could tell the world what your really think of her now.
Great pick pal. Glad it cost you the election. I hope it stings like hell when you replay this disaster in your mind. So many better candidates and this garbage is what you picked?
I hope she runs in 2012. Like the other has beens. President Obama will sail to another victory and it will also be a victory for all intelligent mankind.
You are what you read.
I wonder what connections/conclusions Palin's low rent bigots will draw from this.....2012 with OctoMom?
Congrats are in order to Mrs. Palin. She successfully secured .00333% of the US population... That's just behind the extremely successful "A Million Little Pieces," a similarly imbellished literary work of fiction by an equally flakey author.
Looks like the Oprah bump really pays off...
Are there really THAT many Americans who would want to read this drivel?
Proof positive there are one million dummies out there
How many stories are you going to run about the number of books this sociopath has sold, CNN??? Seriously.
This has been majorly promoted by this Media Circus – CNN -included! Is this not obvious people? This lady is trying to be more famous, rich, and a candidate again.
I see I'm gonna have to do overtime as a Grandma to make sure my grandkids see the truths and learn to do serious Critical Thinking! This lady, Ms. Palin, could benefit from going back to school and getting some Good teachers for her mentors! I recommend to her: Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Thom Hartmann. For a family mentor, please see: Don Miguel Ruiz. My best to you, Sarah. America is on the down slope now!
And how many of you out there say nobody likes
Palin ???
NEXT PRESIDENT !!!
Maybe MORE people should read rather than rely
on media and the comedy channel for their info.
If her book was the last book in the world to left, I would not waste
my time reading it. I think she is an embarrasement to our country.
I am continually frustrated that we have to deal with her in our faces
and that so many people out there are supporting this incompantent
person to continue to mouth off. We need to have intellengent
people to run our country. She definitely does not fit the roll.
I was so happy the Tiger Woods non-story knowed Sarah Palin off the front pages, that I could not hide my excitement. Now than Tiger Woods has just been given a traffic citiation of $164.00, CNN is back to it's old ways with the Palin Ticker. Did not take you guys long...didn't it? Sigh....
Good for Sarah.....does this mean all one have to do is get NEGATIVE or POSITIVE attention from OBAMA or PALIN and they can make $$$$.
Wow....how divided is AMERICA....
Remember, the same people buying this make the National Enquirer the most purchased paper/magazine in America, too. Keep that in mind before you make serious comments on this.
The Moses of the R's.
Good luck Ms. Palin.
Palin/Bachmann 2012
I can not wait to read all the liberal comments, going to be very funny. They are a jealous group who envy Sarah. They simply want her to go away just as many want Obama to go away.
Whew, she's back on Ticker, I was having Palin withdrawal this past week!!!!!
Well, it doesn't surprise me she sold one million copies.. Especially, when you can get it for the price of pack of chewing gum...lol She is dumber than a door nail!
agree or disagree with her, she is compelling in her own way and it is no surprise that people want to know what she has to say.
Over a million copies sold? The Alaskan Air Head is still as empty as when she started on this tour of lies and know nothing blitz.
What a golden opportunity for Palin! she knows and exploits it, and is laughing all the way to the bank. Good for her, but it is a different story for a 2012 picture.
WHAT, this book sold more than Obama's Audacity of hopw. Must be a misprint
Palin might have taken 10 years to finally graduate from community college (or whatever it was), and she might still believe that the earth is flat . . .but one has to hand it to her – she can smell money!
The worst people in America hate her, that's the best compliment one can get.
She symbolizes everything that makes republicans superior to liberals, in the things that really count. This is obvious by just interacting with people in red and blue America. Integrity, kindness, decency and being self-less are what truly makes a great person, and yes 90% of the time a republican, maybe 1% of the time a Democrat.
I was going to purchase a copy until I found out that "Going Rogue" was NOT a title description of Sarah Palin's driving skills.
How many of those book sales were sold in bulk to places like Newsmax that then turns around and sells the book for $5?
Palin's book would not be the first one by a conservative that is bought in bulk left in the packaging just to inflate book sales.
Guys, comeon. We are going into the winter months, natural gas prices are high, and the economy is in bad shape. People are going to need something TO BURN to keep warm.
Coming soon, to a Dollar Tree near you!
Gotta love how Palin is using a $4000-an-hour jet to do her "bus" tour. She's touring for a book-she-didn't-write about things-she-didn't-actually-do in a bus-she's-not-actually-riding-in. Perfect Republican representative!
And the lefties are wondering around like zombies wtih smoke billowing from their heads.
I wonder if the NY Times will bother to review the book. Probably not, if anyone there reads it, they may spontaneously combust.
fiction has always been popular.
i won't be buying a copy.
Obviously, some people like to waste their money on trash.
u can buy this book for under five bucks other books that are actually credible sell for a lot more. that could be the reason she sold so many. besides we all love a good laugh so it may be worth the five dollars
Easy to get those figures when they are giving the book away!!
She got what she wanted – the $$$$$$$
I'm sure a giant wave of angry Liberals will soon spread all their hate-mongering here in the comments section...they call the GOP the Party of Lies, Fear & Hate but aren't they doing the exact same thing to Sarah, the GOP and Independent thinkers?
Hypocrites, all of them...GO SARAH!
THIS IS NOT POLITICAL NEWS. And I cannot believe CNN would stoop to the level of having an entire section on the politics landing page devoted to Sarah Palin (she is a category just like "Health Care" and "Afghanistan"). I know CNN has made a strategic decision to put up stories about her as often as possible because they always get a lot of views and comments and that means more money from web advertisers. From a journalistic standpoint, though, it is indefensible.
What a colossally amateurish move for a politician to make: setting a 3 year deadline for the end to the war in Afghanistan, as Obama is going to announce tonight. And I thought George Bush was supposed to be the dumb one! But Obama has given himself a no-win situation. We won't win it in three years – there's no one anywhere who has said they think that will happen...it's out of left field. When 3 years is up we leave in defeat and Obama will need to explain to all the mothers of the dead why we stayed 3 more years if it was not winable in 3 years. Unbelievably stupid!
PT Barnum would be proud
"One born every minuet"
Queue the inevitable comments about her publisher making up the numbers, "most of those were given away", "I wouldn't buy it for toilet paper", etc., etc.
I actually read on another liberal site of people berating bookstore managers for displaying the book, walking out of the store without buying anything in protest, etc. Uh, it's the best selling book in the country. Excuse us while we do a little commerce in this crap economy.
What would liberals do if they weren't letting politics gauge how good or bad their day is going to be?
People are buying hoping to read yet another trainwreck from the mouth/hand of this person.
Such a waste of a forest.
Who cares? Just stay out of politics.
Wow.
A million fans of pop-up books.
Who knew?
I'm glad her book sales are doing well. She's going to need the income as politics are done for her.
More good news from and for Governor Sarah Palin, making the radical left rather unhappy. Go Sarah.
The harder the "mainstream" media try to destroy Palin, the stronger she becomes.
CNN, who gives a flip about how many books Palin sold? Talk about more important issues the country is going through. We have two wars, a struggling economy, out-of-control healthcare, gouging gas prices, war profiteers, mortgage crisis, etc and all you flash is that opportunist quitter Palin? Enough is enough of this Palin crap!
Well, what would you expect when the book price advertises for just $4.97 in a lot of areas?
I just don't get Americans -reading trash. Didn't you get enough of it in the campaign?? There is nothing remotely intelligent this woman can say -funny but definitely not intelligent or mind bending. No wonder my fellow Americans are so dumbed down.....>SMH.
Well, when you put it that way...it makes a lot of sense to quit as governor. Why not just come out and say that?
Well obviously the angry, juvenile and unseemly attacks on Sarah Palin by the Palin haters is having no effect. Apparently the insults are having the opposite effect. If you just scream out angry personal insults, people will tune you out and chalk up your rants to the usual partisan bickering. If you really think Palin is bad for the country, then you Palin haters need to relay calm, well thought out reasons why you think that. I know that would be harder to do than flinging out insults but do you want adult conversation or not? Oh, go ahead and scream then.
I am sure that the GOPers all bought copies, and extra for themselves.
Bravo for Palin, she has quite a following among conservatives.
OMG!!!!!!!!! One million books sold. Stop the presses. No wait, CNN just did that! Sorry I must have had a senior moment and I am not even that old.
One million people dumber than the quitter!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE fiction but I wouldn't want this book except to use it for in the fireplace and then again . . . . . . why insult my fireplace. It's not even worth as toilet paper.
Thank you again CNN for your continued useless tid bits about this loser.
I can sleep better knowing that those "real" Americans wasted their money. ya betcha'. Next step is for the good people of Arizona to tell mccain he can now retire. He can't do any worse than this woman.
I hope the people of Alaska are happy that she abandoned her job as governor to go on a book tour and make a million or two.
A true servant of the people, that Sarah!
But Clinton and Obama wrote their books. Big difference!
At $1.14 a copy at Walmart, no wonder a million have been sold - as a fuel starter for woodstoves.
This is why she gave up her governorship: She wanted to cash in on the notoriety she gained when she was tapped as the GOP VP nominee.
No higher calling, no opportunity to do good for Alaska, just plain, simple greed and ego.
So pathetic!
Good For Sarah, she would make a great motivational speaker just not the leader of the free world.
Considering I've already seen bins of her tome at Half Price Books, most of which don't look like they've even been opened, I'd say that someone spent a LOT of money buying lots of them to give away... and that a lot of people are doing just that.
I have more fun with this just thinking about all you libs that despise her!! This is good enough for you. Maybe you will learn that the majority of the people in the United States are NOT LIBERAL!
Free advertising 24 x 7 and bargain basement prices = gullible suckers willing to read anything
Let's get real. This whole story is nothing but a big load of CRAP. First of all, it's a bunch of RIGHT-WINGED groups who have purchased the book bulk. I KNOW, I work in the publishing arena and all this "hoopla" over her million in sales is big TIME bogus.
So don't get your dockers in a twists, Sarah Palin has been one big contridiction after another. She's NOW been found out in ANOTHER lie about her book tour bus. Palin claimed she rides on her tour bus when if FACT she's been LYING yet again. Palin was found flying around on a private jet while her staffers rode on the bus. This woman can't even lie with a straight face.
But I guess if you are delusional enough to buy into her "fantasy land of La-La Lies and Myths " then hey, a wink-wink and a "ya'betcha" is all the requirement you need. LOL.
Shocking that the people who support Palin know how to read!!! Because if they did they would know better.
Barnes and Noble alreadly has the book discounted at 30% off the listed retail of $28.99.
give me strength
One million assaults on the collective human IQ.
Palin's milestone book selling only puts in perspective the state of mind of the masses that purchase it.... Nonsence at it highest. If
people can remember her interviews with some of the most prominent reporters to grace the television and how she took you on a
rollercoaster ride without a safety bar. Up and down all around and back again thru the woods and barn Hmmmm yawn...Like the movies
that everyone goes and see's and the next week it out on DVD...Palins
memoirs surely reminds me of this. Having said that I hope that the
money she puts in her pocket finds its way to a worthy cause.
The headline could just as well say "Palin Passes Big Gallstone".
Who cares about this vacuous, opportunistic, illiterate person beyond a handful of religious zealots and ideologues?
There are more than 300 million people in the United States. That means that only 1/300th of the population has decided to buy her book.
And don't forget how those large conservative organization, such as The Heritage Foundation, bought thousands of copies in bulk BEFORE it was even published.
Report on health care reform, the economy, or Afghanistan and Iraq. News about Palin belongs in the tabloids.
Why is she still relevant? I cannot imagine she has anything to say in this book that is her own. I am sure it was s written for her by someonethat can actually put thoughts to paper. We' ve all seen her speak, answer questions (sort of) Who cares what she has to say? I think most of those books were sold in Alaska. I can say this. I live here.
You go girl!! Job well done!!
I always knew that the amerivan people are solid conservatives , but one little think we never learend: don't belive politicion's they never ever ,
The only people who bought this book are low mentality, sensationalist looking for a cheap thrill.. How sick!
sold at full price? discounted? did she cover her advance? how much did the real writer get of this amount? Geeze, it's been so quiet and peaceful for a day or two without any SP news
most of the books are being given away or sold for $4.95 by conservative magazines as part of a subscription scam. don't think palin has a million followers who actually read books, unless they are written in crayon and have lots of pictures. how do i contribute money so that this no-nothing (eg., thinks iran and iraq are the same place) gets nominated for the presidency in 2012.
Put a picture of a bimbo on a hot, steamy turd and it'll sell like hotcakes too. Get that hot, steamy turd to spout ideological partisan talking points and give a few winks at the camera and it'll sell even more to PACs and other organizations who buy it in bulk, looking to give out hot, steamy turds as gifts for donating or for attending a convention or some such. Get the other side to complain bitterly about what a hot, steamy turd it is and idiots on the other side will buy two or three each and fill up their Xmas stockings with them just out of spite.
Good Job Sarah.
The liberals are just jealous....
No one cried about baracks fiction, or hillarys village of idiots....
BEST SELLER #1.
Of course, when President Obama's book "Audacity of Hope" was published, he was only a newly elected Senator, not President. He was virtually unknown outside of Illinois. To sell even 50,000 books the first week when you are a relative unknown is something special. It has since been translated into at least 18 other languages, and won multiple awards.
By the way, a first edition of "Audacity of Hope" sells for about $4000 now...while in the first week, the cost of Palin's book dropped from $19.95 to less than $4. I rather doubt it will be translated into other languages or win any awards on literary merit, either.
But I thought Palin didn't write the book. That's because she can't write. So she passed nothing but more PR on no intellect; no spiritual, historic, or political substance, and just a pretty face. Pity us the more.
The books sell for what? $9.00? I mean really cheap!!!!!!!!!
That's 1 million books that you will be finding at garage sales next summer.
Personally I would not buy her book if my life depended on it. She just needs to go away and far far away. She is a embarrasment to the GOP party.
Well at least she is meeting her ultimate goal of making money....couldn't cut it as a public servant, and responsible leader with tough decisions to make and regular pay. Hey, maybe I'll quit my job and go on the book circuit.
When I read that Rush Limbaugh is considered the most influential conservative, closely followed by Sarah Palin and that Palin has sold one million copies of her book, I am deeply saddened. Are there no longer any thoughtful, enlightened and intelligent conservatives in America? Have we devolved into uneducated, incompetent caricatures of conservatism, willing to accept innuendo, half truths and distortions from our so called leaders? When we come to a place where a "purity" test is put forth for GOP membership and is accepted without outrage, I think I am living in some cartoon land where nothing and everything is real.
Whether people could agree with William Buckley or not, they still could respect him. Can the same be said for Limbaugh and Palin?
Another story on this Ticker, "Palin Aide Downplays Use Of Private Jet", shows the Palin Clan is traveling more on private jets than on the bus for her book tour. She should take the heat for using private jets and leaving her staff behind to ride the bus. The story says Palin was joined by her family, and a handful of staffers on each flight leg. I am sure her family includes her two youngest daughters who NEVER seem to be in school. Have those girls ever been in a classroom?
"Sold?" Please. It's remaindered in every bookstore I've been in.
So let me see if I understand this: her publisher (Harper Collins) is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News. Her publisher (i.e. Murdoch) is selling her book for 14% of the cover value ($4.95) and is paying for her $4000/hr plane tour?
If I were a shareholder at Harper Collins, I'd do some very hard looking into why the company hasn't turned a profit this year.
Palin still has more executive experience than Obama.
The real deal.
Palin, Baby, Palin!
You go gal!!!!
Who cares?Palin is a pox on America. Why buy a book from someone who has nothing to say but lies?
Fiction will always out sell fact.
the 70% of the people who are dumber than average eat that stuff up.
America is going down the drain. I place a curse, a Pox Vobiscum, upon you greedy corrupt and incredibly stupid Republicans and your ignorant followers for destroying my country.
How many pages are dedicated to policy?
Why can't you report on someone with a brain? I'm tired of all the media attention devoted to her. She certainly hasn't done anything monumental to deserve it, including not even writing her own book!
Wow! Who knew there were that many Sarah Palin supporters that can read? You learn something new every day.
How many of the million were bought in bulk and by what 'organizations'? Now that's a statistic I'd be interested in.
I am so happy for the former Governor and Mayor. With all that money, she should be able to buy the White House in 2012. After all, it worked for George Bush Jr.
With so-called "news" outlets like CNN giving this book free publicity on a daily basis, this is hardly surprising.
Looks like I've underestimated the number of idiots living in this country by 2.8 million.
I guess that just shows that a million idiots will flock to buy one idiots book. You can't fool all the people, but you sure can make fools out of a million idiots.
A huge total is easy when you sell them at $4.95 LOL
I guess this shows that Mrs. Palin is more interesting than Mrs. Clinton.
what a waste of trees...
I don't care if she sells 1 million more... to begin with, she didn't write it, from what I have heard, its full of petty hearsay, and she'll end up getting sued by someone before its all over slander and malice... she's such last week's news.
An even more important milestone is that Wednesday will mark 5 big months since she announced her intention to quit as Alaska's Governor to become a full time blowhard!
Oh, and 13 months since she lost the race for Vice President, thus saving the world for Democracy!
You go girl!
1 million ill-informed people now walk the streets of America.
I guess there are a million really dumb people out there then
Goes to show you that the right wing republicans aren't hurting in this economy if they will spend anywhere from $17.95 to $24.95 on this book of LIES.....this is the last week of her book being on the #1 list and the book sales from here on out will be minimal.....so she has 1 million supporters or even if the book sells 3 million...........that is the total of the votes she will get if she runs in 2012......think about that Republicans........that isn't hardly enough to win the Republican primary much less the White House.
Ever notice how CNN coverage focuses so much attention on Republican and conservative issues in their blog articles and many of the dem issues don't even get reported. Hey CNN, how about that Acorn or SEIU corruption. How about the climate change e-mails. The Most Gutless Name In News!
It's really sad that the person who wrote this article is comparing Sarah's sales in Week 1 to those of a 2-term president like Clinton. Sarah is still so new on the national political scene, compared to Clinton's tenure as a president. She's not even an elected official and her book is hitting record sales. This writer must see the readership of CNN's website as stupid and just wanted another way to try to crunch Sarah into the ground by making such a stupid comparison instead of giving her credit since credit is due. GO SARAH!!!
Boy she sure is the darling of CNN every other article is SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN SARAH PALIN....The commentator was telling the truth when he said she was the darling of the media. What in Hades she has done to be somebody, goodness knows. But the look at the run a way bride you pushed her so much every time I hear her name I wanted to throw up.
Why anyone would care what Sarah Palin thinks, let alone buy her book is beyond me. Given her lack of real world political experience, and no serious credentials is amazing to me that folks would take her seriously.
Huh...maybe a lot of people were running low on toliet paper? You couldn't PAY me enough money to read that garbage. I would wipe my hiney on it though.
For the sake of Palin and her family, I hope the book continues to sell well and that they get through some of the uncomfortable times they've recently gone through. In terms of politics, though, as a life-long republican, I'm horrified by Palin's popularity within my party as a viable presidential candidate. She's popular for all the wrong the reasons. I beg her supporters to think hard and not interpret Palin's likability and average-ness as an indication that she'd make a good president. I would LOVE to have coffee with her. But I don't want her tackling an endless stream of extremely complex issues that will affect my life, the life of my kids and grandkids, the standing of the U.S. in the world, and the health of our planet. At what point did we, as Americans, start to become so disgusted by and mistrustful of leaders who are shamelessly intelligent and articulate?
Wow... I'm impressed. A million??
That boils down to a million more people added to the Dumbing of America Club.(DAC) Does that also mean that a million boxes of crayons were sold?
This is what we've come to....
I wonder how many she has hiding in the cargo hold of that $4000.00
per hour jet . Oops, we're not supposed to know about that. I wonder if she got it on Ebay.
She may become one of the greatest fiction authors of all time.
Ooops Sarah! If your book continues to increase in sales, (outselling Obama's book), Oprah will have to start another promotion with "Audacity of Hope."
Of course she does because there are about 1 million stupid people lappin' up the hate-filled speeches.
She's not ready for prime time.
Obama/Biden 2012
when I see all these stories daily about Sarah Palin I have to chuckle. Remember during the campaign when they claim Barrack Obama was a "ROCK STAR" using it bascially as an insult? Well then what the heck is this? Palin gets more coverage on here some days than the president and congress both. And a lot of it is superfilous. She's supposed to be a private citizen that hates the media but they both seem to embrace each other on a regular basis.
someone please stick a cork in her mouth. she is beyond DUMB.
Thanks for this accomplishment goes out to not only her SUPPORTERS, but also to her RABID ENEMIES !!!!!
With all due respect, I wonder about the frame of mind of my fellow one million American brothers and sisters. Wow!
I never would have thought that there were that many idiots in our country. Thanks for the disturbing info.
Of course CNN fails to tell you that right-wing conservitive, and political action groups have been buying Palins book in bulk form to create the illusion that she is somehow, an accomplished, best selling author even though she had the book written for her by a ghost writer!.....I'm glad that she only appeals to14% of the 20% that still support Republicans........When you actually do the math, that amounts to about JACK SQUAT!!!
And somewhere, there's a Republican warehouse with 900,000 copies of this dreck that was supposed to be 'sold.'
Palin's appeal is like that of an accident–you dont want to look but you do anyway.
she's still a lightweight. and this book–poorly written and full of lies and misrepresentations–if it was supposed to burnish her bona fides it missed the mark. instead, it shows how shallow and vindictive Palin is, how easily she threads lies into a vaguely credible narrative to give the appearance of truth. this book was no Profiles in Courage, and this woman is no JFK.
Republicans need to have something to burn for heat this winter and they are getting a head start with this book. It will be the first thing they burn when they need to start a fire at night. The one million number equals about one book for every lie she told or made up.
A book full of lies and distortions. Caribou will need the money from these sales to hire legal representation for all the lawsuits coming her way from Alaskans. It is sad that with so much going on in the world people read this book of fluff – no substance. Just like Sarah.
Of course the book has sold over a million copies considering that it was mass ordered by the Republican party. They are selling the book for $4.95.
CNN is no better than Faux news, they love the drama.
It just proves there are one million idiots out there that would pay money for this crap.
How many copies were really bought by average Americans and how many by Corporate and other Republican interests to inflate the sales number and give a back-door payoff to Palin. They did the same thing for Newt Gingrich years back. This is not new or News!
The goddess of the average real 'mericun in "fly over country", flies over them in a private jet to collect their hard earned bucks on a "bus" tour.
There is irony in that statement. too bad only we "elists" will understand it.
So, now we know that there are at least 1 million people in the US of A who aren't very bright. Unless they thought they were buying a comedy.
Sarah I am so proud of you Sarah!!! You are making an honest living – unlike these thugs in politics!!!
Sarah is still so new on the national political scene, compared to Clinton's tenure as a president.
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And Paris Hilton's memoirs "Confessions of a Heiress" sold over a million copies so you Palin nutbags should give her credit as well.
A million suckers born every minute.....
Everyone knows Consevative groups buy books by bulk and sell them for cheap or give them away. Coulter and Malkin have been doing it for years. I look at this way, if people are willing to shell out their hard earned cash to by this 'book' more power to them.
How could 1 million people be so stupid?
Palin is interesting because she is a silly, absurd and foolish character. I put her in the same category as Brittney Spears. The GOP better wise up because she's taking the entire party down with her to the gutter where she has already proven to feel quite at home. If this continues, it will be many generations before we see a republican president in the white house again.
Brenda, (5:52), you state that Palin's book is "fluff," well, how is all that "hope" (spoken of in Obama's book) working for you?
News Flash---Toilet paper sales down by one million rolls !!!!
I am thrilled for her but not surprised. She is the most polarizing political figure out there. Move over Obama you are about to be squashed by Palin.
well, I for one, will not be making it one million and one!
Why buy the book that she did not even write herself? I guess it just goes to show that the people buying her book are the same ones who watch the"Jerry Springer" show. It is all about trying to make others look bad, regardless of the consequences, even if that means lying to hurt others. She certainly does not act like much of a Christian woman. Hypocrite and liar!
What's really interesting reading are the Web sites that have gone through the book and fact-checked it. It's amazing how sloppy a job Harper Collins did; but hey, they knew it'd sell, so editorial ethics, Begone! And Palin herself? Why bother with the truth when a snappy little sound bite will do *wink wink*.
Among my faves: Palin starts out a chapter with a quote attributed to the legendary UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden – when in fact, the quote is by Native American activist, John Wooden Legs.
I guess Palin assumes we're all as stupid as she is ....
CNN you need to start putting little cash signs in Sarah Palin's eyes from now on. Then instead of writing all these posts about her, you can just direct your readers to the picture, which encapsulates Palin's current state.
But what do I know, I'm just a frightened liberal who's scared of Sarah because she's gonna go up to Washington and shake things up with her common sense, whatever that means.
WOW – Earlier it was 700,00 – a few hours later OVER a MILLION???? PALEAZE!!!!!!
Well – she would need MORE votes than that to win a PRESIDENCY!! LOL
Now available in a toilet paper dispenser near you – "Going Rogue"...
I bought 10 books for Christmas gifts. I've only read a couple chapters of my edition, but I must say I am impressed. Romney/Palin 2012!!!!
I think it's hilarious how all of these Sarah Palin haters get all worked up in a lather the more successful she becomes as time goes by.
"No one every went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." H.L. Mencken
CNN gives the wackos another chance to Batter Palin today, I think I'll cull out the hateful comments the "CNN Moderators" leave in the liberal postings shown below this article, and recount them for everyone to drive home the point, CNN is a one way street of Palin Battering.
all those trees killed for this flash in the pan, and a flash in the pan that is actually harmful to the human population, an amusing flash in the pan nonetheless
1 million books..which means there are only about 1 million conservatives left in this country that can read...thank goodness!
I sure hope she looks into the tax obligations for the use of the private jet. If publisher paid for it doesn't she have to claim that cost as part of compensation?
Must be a lot of bored people out there.
Trash sells.
All of you people on here basking Sarah Palin – have you read her book? I suggest you read it before you spew such hatred. I dare to say you might be impressed with how she threw a bunch of corrupt GOP politicians out of power. She became the darling of Alaska democrats when that happened, and now the democrats can't stand her. This is a woman who acts on principle, not party. You might also be surprised to know that there is some substantive policy coverage in the book as well. You liberals need to know that of which you speak before you spew your ignorant hatred.
If CCN is not dutifully working on an understanding with Palin and her blind co-travellers why would they dare compare her with former President Clintin and President Obama- Baloney at worst i guess
I'm going to buy a copy to read in the bathroom. I'm sure the book will give me the same reaction as any strong laxative would.
A scandalous book of a scandalous religious extremist sells well in our country – why this should be a surprise? There is still a solid 20% base of such extremist party as GOP... – I hope their kids may become better educated and have a higher morale.
I know this book is supposed to be in the Fiction section...but is it also in Horror?
its no suprise that palin's book has sold so many copies because shes the best thing in the political world. She is great!
Here come the liberal hate mongers coming out against Palin and Republicans. This is ironic, since these same people complain that the Republicans are hate mongers and racists. This shows that the liberals are scared of her and what she believes in. The fact is that she has reenergized the Republican party with her conservative beliefs. A conservative that can go up against Obama truly scares the liberals, which is why every time a Palin story comes up on this Political Ticker, the liberals make them become some of the most popular posts on the Ticker with their whining and out-and-out insults. People need to stop the double standards. That is why the country is how it is: there is one standard for some and a totally different one for others. There should be one standard for all and that should be the end of it.
I am wondering if the people who have actually bought Palin's book are reading it !!!! I would guess that they are very uneducated and probably think that the book would make a good door stop.
I cannot think of another reason to buy it – can you ???
I wonder even Palin finish reading her own book yet? I don't think she can even finish 3 pages.. Just plain dumb and stupid.. and people love it.. !!
By the way, I heard a story about a month back about the Associated Press doing fact checking on Palin's book. This would never happen if Obama or some other liberal wrote a book. This is just an example of the double standards.
Palin may be able to sell books but as Newt Gingrich said "she needs to study".
Google Sarah Palin book signing and see the videos. People being asked about Palin, her ideas, her policy stands, her position about ANYTHING. Stupid is as stupid does immediately comes to mind.
i love how any success by palin drives the liberals crazy. you guys should learn to read, buy the book and then make your comments.
People who like Palin can read? Get serious. This book is an instant collector's item for students of politics who will record the self-desruction of the republican party.
she tells more truth than the fool in the white house
Wow 1% of Oprahs viewing audience bought her book. Is that not a record for the worst sales after being on Oprah. Actually since half were bought by magazine supscription houses it is even worse then 1%. That won't come close to covering her "Royal Tour of Lies" expenses. Jets are not cheap or even if you portray you are just Joe Average American ,
Who cares. Why is she news? No other network is publishing junk about this idiot. Why is CNN so obsessed with Palin? She's a private citizen, a quitter and an airhead. Stop already. Palin is old news.
I don't mean to sound flip but who cares anymore about this failed former governor. I think it's just mean that we keep giving airway to this airhead which further convinces her (and only her) that she is relevant.
I can't even believe anyone would spend one dime to read what this Political Socio-path has to say. This woman is speech pollution, and it's so sickening that there are idiots out there, that want to read it.
I'm sorry, I missed that detail.. WHO wrote this book? Palin sure as heck didn't. She may have dictated it to the real author. But that is not the same as writing a book. Again I have to wonder why something that would get you expelled from every college in the world, is common practice in the publishing industry. Sarah Palin did not WRITE this book. Why do we allow such dishonesty and falsehoods into our lives?
I will neve buy it...I already have jackstands, but would make a great doorstop.
Or I could use it for a target at the range
ching , ching.......
but ya can't take it to Heaven with you!
HaHaHa....Funny how conservatives always dominate the books sales but libs always claim that they are in the majority. Maybe Libs just haven't learned to read then????
I'm hoping someone will give me a used copy to keep in the outhouse...shouldn't waste paper, you know.
1 million idiots and counting
i will wait till itt's paper back or by it aty a gargage sale then use it like the old farmers did with the sears roebuck catalouge,,, use it for wiping in the old outhouse
Sarah oh my dear Sarah you are doing a great job of keeping those jealous souls yaking. They just can't stand it. Their hearts are so full of hate for anything that they can't claim for themselves and especially a free ride on someone elses hard labor that has made this great country. I'll bet that less than .00001 % have ever served in the military or done anything else to help the cause. KEEP trucking DEAR SARAH!!!
Just proves the 1,000,000 people can be wrong.
What kind of ignorant vermin would buy a book ostensibly written by Sarah Palin, George Bush in a skirt.
I didn't think that many in the GOP, Religous, Conservative, Right-Wing base could actually read....????
A million people did not buy her book. The book is being bought in bulk. Let her sell the book she didn't even write. As long as she never becomes President or Vice President or Secretary of State, etc., I'm fine with it. She's small potatoes.
Having read the book she is what we need–
Aleader that walks the talk.
Does what she believes in.
We need a leader that makes decisions on what is right by the constitution and law, even if not their personal preferences.
Go Sarah 2012
What I find amusing is how Dems and Libs point the finger at Republicans and Conservatives, and hollar about how hateful and mean and out of touch with reality they are. Yet, when something comes up about Sarah Palin, it is like they suddenly start foaming at the mouth and can't seem to post fast enough about how much they hate her and such.
Both sides are full of people that hate the other side, and spew forth vileness and personal attacks whenever they can. No side is immune from this kind of behavior.
My Out House can't wait for this toilet paper.
These book sales will ensure that Palin inevitably becomes America's next and greatest President of all times. Her 8 years will be America's greatest years of all times.
Sarah have to be thankful for so much "Hate" from the liberals.
It works! more hate and disgust , more sales!
This is a free country, everyone has the right to write a book.
Sorry for the liberals, you are so arrogant and full of yourself. Liberals? where is your level of tolerance and acceptance for others? I am so glad that Obama is starting a second war, now what? what are you going to say about that?
Note: I don't like Sarah Palin, and I did not buy her book.