Major Publisher Drops Plans for Biden Presidency Book | The Gateway Pundit
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Politicians, particularly those that have been gifted by voters with the precise to occupy the Oval Workplace for a time period or two, usually make big sums afterward with books.
The web website Brooksy, for instance, now lists the “10 greatest books on President Obama.” Not the ten books on his presidency … the ten BEST books.
Joe Biden’s legacy, nevertheless, is shifting one other route, after a serious writer abruptly canceled its plans for a ebook about his time period in workplace.
A report at Politico notes in a “additional reflection of the tender marketplace for books about President Joe Biden, writer Simon and Schuster has withdrawn its contract with Alex Thompson, Axios’ nationwide political correspondent, for a ebook concerning the Biden administration.”
SCOOP: In one other signal of the tender Biden ebook market, Simon and Schuster has withdrawn its contract with Axios’ Alex Thompson for a ebook concerning the Biden administration, two sources advised me. The ebook was initially scheduled to be revealed early this yr. https://t.co/IC0pMnDxKj pic.twitter.com/qKy1vr8IoC
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) March 27, 2024
it’s true.
However nonetheless writing it and aiming for 2025 to inform the story of the Biden presidency.
For those who’re a writer and , e mail/quantity in bio. https://t.co/3VKjuIsBzn— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) March 27, 2024
The undertaking was purported to be revealed early this yr, and certain would have been a profit to Biden’s try to achieve management of the White Home for one more 4 years.
Plans had been for it to be “a complete ebook on Biden’s presidency.”
The report defined, “Simon and Schuster’s choice comes as a collection of Biden books have bought comparatively poorly — in contrast, a minimum of, to the requirements set by various best-sellers about predecessor DONALD TRUMP. Thompson is now actively engaged in talks with different publishers and continues to be engaged on the draft, in keeping with an individual near him.”
It continued, “GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI’s ‘The Lengthy Alliance’ has bought round 1,500 hardcover copies, in keeping with NPD BookScan, whereas CHRIS WHIPPLE’s ‘The Battle of His Life’ has bought round 5,000 and FRANKLIN FOER‘s ‘The Final Politician’ round 12,000. That compares to the almost 1 million copies that MICHAEL WOLFF’s Trump-focused ‘Fireplace and Fury’ bought, additionally per NPD BookScan, and the greater than 400,000 copies bought of BOB WOODWARD and ROBERT COSTA’s ‘Peril.’”
A report on the Put up Millennial cited the “lack of market curiosity” in a Biden ebook.
“Folks don’t purchase Biden books,” the report defined.
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