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 Sarah Palin's 
 $25.6M Week 



Think of it as a 1-woman stimulus package for herself, publishing, media

14 hours, 13 minutes ago
(Newser) - Estimates that Sarah Palin's Going Rogue sold 300,000 copies its first day out prompt Duff McDonald to calculate how much this week of wall-to-wall Palin exposure will net not just for her, but for her publisher, and the media outlets that love and hate her. Total take, he guesses... More »

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memoir • Sarah Palin • Sarah Palin Going Rogue • Sarah Palin book

 America's 
 Best Political 
 Memoirs 

Sarah Palin hasn't got anything on Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 19, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - With Going Rogue flying off the shelves, Time looks back on the best political memoirs ever, including:
  • Ulysses S. Grant—The first presidential memoir to take the nation by storm, Grant finished his book just days before he died, and loaded it with thoughtful reflections and Civil
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Barack Obama • memoir • autobiography • Richard Clarke • Ulysses Grant • Dwight Eisenhower • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

wardrobe: price of, page 314

 Unofficial Index to Going Rogue 

Palin memoir doesn't have one, so...

Nov 18, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, doesn't have an index. So Slate has generously provided one. Some key references:
  • Alaska: "robin's egg sky of," page 2.
  • Books: cookbooks and the Bible, page 15; Animal Farm, page 27
  • Cap and trade: an "environmentalist Ponzi scheme,
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memoir • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue • Sarah Palin book • book index

Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying 

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

Nov 17, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:
  • The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the
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John McCain • memoir • book reviews • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin book review • Going Rogue review • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

Nov 17, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
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John McCain • Katie Couric • Joe Lieberman • memoir • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin • Politico • Going Rogue

BOOK REVIEW

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

Nov 16, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a... More »

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John McCain • memoir • book reviews • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:
... More »

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Katie Couric • Barbara Walters • Oprah Winfrey • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue

meeting of the minds


 Limbaugh Loves 
 Palin Memoir 

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

Nov 13, 09 5:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Rush Limbaugh • publishing • memoir • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

OPINION

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

Nov 13, 09 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin remains a major player on the national stage because "neither the left nor the right can get enough of her," write Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, the editors of Going Rouge, the parody that comes out the same day as the former Alaska governor's memoir,... More »

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Alaska • Republican Party • memoir • health care reform • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Going Rogue • Going Rouge • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

book preview

 10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits 

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

Nov 13, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:
  • John McCain: Palin claims his campaign
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John McCain • Katie Couric • CBS • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • Going Rogue • Animal Farm • The Pearl • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

 Palin Slams 
 Katie Couric 
 in Book 

Calls her 'badgering' and biased in her memoir

Nov 12, 09 6:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The Sarah Palin details are rolling in fast and furious. Some nuggets gleaned from the AP 's advance look at her new book and her taped interview with Oprah today:
  • She writes that Katie Couric was "badgering" and used only "gotcha" moments in their campaign interviews because
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Katie Couric • Oprah Winfrey • memoir • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • Levi Johnston • Going Rogue

Palin's Book
Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Details dribbling out;
5 'very long' chapters

Nov 11, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Can't wait to find out what's in Sarah Palin's Going Rogue? It's not out until next Tuesday, but Mark Halperin has some info at his political blog at Time. The book has:
  • The names of McCain aides she believes undermined her candidacy.
  • Lots of scorn for the media.
... More »

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BOOK REVIEW

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'

Open has griping, conceit, lots of tennis

Nov 9, 09 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Andre Agassi’s autobiography has gotten a lot of hype, thanks to his admission of using both crystal meth and a toupee—but most of Open deals with “tennis, more tennis, the misery of tennis,” writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times. Still, even minutely detailed descriptions... More »

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entertainment • tennis • celebrity • memoir • autobiography • crystal meth • book reviews • Steffi Graf • New York Times Book Review • Andre Agassi • Brooke Shields

Arianna Huffington

 Hey, Barack: Yes, You Still Can 

Plouffe book recalls a historic campaign that got lost in transition

Nov 3, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - 'Yes, we can" was the rallying cry of a game-changing campaign that swept Obama to victory on the shoulders of a grass-roots tidal wave one year ago—and President Obama would do well to remember Candidate Obama, writes Arianna Huffington in a lengthy look at David Plouffe's new campaign memoir.... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • memoir • David Plouffe • Arianna Huffington • Barack Obama supporters • President Obama • Obama campaign • The Audacity to Win

 Hitler's Last Aide Dies 

Fritz Darges still thought Fuhrer 'greatest man who ever lived'

Oct 30, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last surviving member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle died this week, at 96, and historians hope his soon-to-be released memoirs will silence once and for all claims from revisionists that Hitler wasn't aware of the Holocaust. Fritz Darges was present at most of Hitler's conferences until 1944, when he... More »

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Holocaust • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • memoir • Nazi Germany

CAMPAIGN MEMOIR

 Bill Sank Hillary's 
 VP Chances: Plouffe 

Clinton was still in contention in June: new memoir

Oct 29, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign seriously considered Hillary Clinton for vice president, but ultimately the perception that her husband was "too big a complication" combined with bad memories from the primary campaign to sink her chances. Barack Obama “said if his central criterion measured who could be the best VP,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • vice president • memoir • David Plouffe • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • vice presidential candidate • President Obama • excerpt • The Audacity to Win

In Memoir, Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth

In Open, due Nov. 9, tennis star says he lied to avoid punishment

Oct 27, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a forthcoming memoir, tennis star Andre Agassi admits that he used crystal meth during his career, and even lied about it to avoid penalty for a positive drug test. “I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything... More »

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entertainment • memoir • crystal meth • Steffi Graf • men's tennis • Andre Agassi • Brooke Shields

 Palin's Book Retainer: $1.25M 

'Going Rogue' goes on sale next month

Oct 27, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harper Collins paid $1.25 million to Sarah Palin as a retainer for her upcoming memoir. Given the early buzz on pre-orders, she'll likely pull in more once Going Rogue goes on sale next month. Financial disclosure reports from her final 7 months as governor also note that Palin took... More »

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publisher • memoir • HarperCollins • Sarah Palin • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

 Rogue Anti-Palin Book Coming 

Essay collection uses similar art, title

Oct 21, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Look out, Sarah Palin fans. If you’re not careful when you run out to buy Going Rogue: An American Life, the ex-governor’s memoir, you might accidentally grab Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare. A Palin-bashing essay collection from the editors of The Nation has pilfered... More »

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parody • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • publishing industry • Going Rogue

 Palin to Hawk Book on Oprah 

It'll be ex-governor's first visit to a non-news talk show

Oct 20, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a showdown for the ages, Sarah Palin will be bringing her trademark wink to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Nov. 16. Why would the conservative Palin sit down with a noted friend of Barack Obama’s? Because Nov. 16 is the day before her memoir,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • memoir • talk show • book • Sarah Palin • women's issues • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

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