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First Lady, Scribner Reach Deal on Memoir
First Lady, Scribner Reach Deal on Memoir
[laura bush and book contract] Associated Press Laura Bush was greeted by students during a November visit to Panama. The former librarian wrote a children's book with daughter Jenna.
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Tomgram: Nick Turse, Bush Officials Cash In as More Americans Lose Out
TomDispatch — ... $300,000 or so with HarperCollins (now, in more straitened publishing times, redubbed just plain Harper). Jenna's children's book, Read All About It, followed, selling 80,000 copies. Mom hit her stride this January with a deal for a memoir estimated to be in the range of $3.5-5 million ("I look forward to working with Scribner and the Simon & Schuster team as I tell the stories of the extraordinary events and people I've met in my life, particularly during my years in the White House.") ...

Nick Turse: Where Are They Now?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... "a dozen of the most interesting and important decisions in the former President's personal and political life" for a cool $7 million. Former First Lady Laura Bush has already inked a book deal with Scribner reportedly worth $3.5-5 million. ...

Ex-Bush Loyalists Cash In
Commondreams.org Views — ... "a dozen of the most interesting and important decisions in the former President's personal and political life" for a cool $7 million. Former First Lady Laura Bush has already inked a book deal with Scribner reportedly worth $3.5-5 million. Only one prominent Bush loyalist who cared to try appears to have been unable to cash-in. In late 2008, the Wall Street Journal's Evan Perez ...

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