Next up from the Bush administration: outgoing Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told the AP she will meet with publishers soon about three projects. One is a memoir of her work during the Bush years; the other two are reportedly “a memoir about Rice’s family and a multimedia project about international affairs for preteens and adolescents.” Rice is represented by William Morris, and is scheduled to meet with publishers on January 28 and 29.AP
Proposals/auctions
Tales of Two Bushes
Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal recounting his four years of annual contests with George W. Bush to see who could read the most books. “We recommended volumes to each other (for example, he encouraged me to read a Mao biography; I suggested a book on Reconstruction’s unhappy end). We discussed the books and wrote thank-you notes to some authors.” In this year’s contest, “as of today, his total is 40 volumes to my 64. His reading this year included a heavy dose of history — including David Halberstam’s […]
Shopping Obama's Campaign Manager; New Carter Mideast Book
Attorney Bob Barnett is representing Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe, shopping a proposal for THE AUDACITY TO WIN, “not only an inside look at the Obama run but a guide for how to run an organization,” the AP reports. Barnett promises, “There will be many books about the Obama campaign, but only one from the campaign itself.” It’s intended as a fall 2009 release.AP Separately, Jimmy Carter said yesterday his new book WE CAN BRING PEACE TO THE HOLY LAND will be published in late January.AP
Sarah Silverman Auction, Too
We had heard about the $7.5 million kicking around for Jerry Seinfeld, but now the Observer says Dan Strone is also auctioning a book by Sarah Silverman, with bids said to have reached $2.5 million.Observer
Laura Bush Book Talks Ratified
Without acknowledging the Page Six report we cited this morning, the AP reports that “Laura Bush wants to write a memoir and will be meeting with several publishers, according to three publishing executives with knowledge of the proceedings. They asked not to be identified, saying discussions are in the early stages and highly confidential.” Or not. As before, attorney Bob Barnett is representing Mrs. Bush, though he declined to comment. Mrs. Bush’s spokesperson Sally McDonough says the first lady “has expressed interest in writing a book after she leaves” the White House and is exploring interest “but she would not […]
A Deal for the Popular Bush?
First Lady Laura Bush “is interviewing publishers who are bidding on her memoirs,” a biographer tells Page Six. “The publishers are coming to the White House to meet with her and discuss the book.”Page Six