A Bristol Palin Book?

Supposedly out in June from William Morrow
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On Pollutico's Click blog, Karen Tanabe believes she's found evidence that a book could be forthcoming from Bristol Palin:

A book listing on Amazon, under the heading "Untitled Bristol Palin Memoir,” says that the 304-page book is due to hit the shelves June 21.

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According to the Amazon listing, the memoir will be published by William Morrow & Co., an imprint of Harper Collins. Neither the publisher nor Palin's rep immediately responded to requests for comment.

Back in November, says Tanabe, some friends of the Palin family allegedly told PopEater that Bristol was working on a book, the nature of which was undisclosed. But since PopEater's "reporting" on all matters Palin has been spectacularly wrong, no one was listening.

- JP

Going Rogue: An American Life - on shelves Nov. 17th.

Yep, Sarah's book is finally done, about to go to the printers and coming to a bookstore near you!

Per AP/Yahoo

The 400-page book is the first for Palin, who has been an object of fascination since Republican Sen. John McCain chose her as his running mate during his 2008 presidential bid. The book will be titled Going Rogue: An American Life.

A huge first printing of 1.5 million copies has been commissioned by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Keep your eyes open for it, I have a feeling there will be a few more prints coming about.

- u

Updates...

Andrew Malcolm:

"Many in the mainstream media will also be eager to see how the Republican hockey mom praises them for their objective portrayals of her all last fall."

Allahpundit:

"Which avid audience will buy more copies, the Palin-lovers or the Palin-haters?"

Pamela Geller:

"I cannot wait.... watch the left grand mal seize. I love this!"

YankMcCain.com:

"It might be nice to read the thoughts of the person doing all the heavy lifting on the Republican side back then."

Ruby Slippers:

Wonkette writes:

'The title is… wait a second, we’re just getting our cyanide pill ready here, for when the post is over, because that’s what we’re going to do, take a cyanide pill…' 

Well don't let us stop you.

Mike Allen:

The phrase has its roots in an Oct. 20 story by Slate's John Dickerson, with the lead: "Has Sarah Palin 'gone rogue'?"

A little Star Wars trivia...

In Episode IV: A New Hope, as a pilot in the rebel forces, Luke Skywalker flew with "Red Squadron." By Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, that X-wing group had become known as "Rogue Squadron." In the Star Wars "extended universe" Rogue Squadron is prominently featured in a graphic novel series, a nine-volume paperback novel series, and several video games. The unit is depicted as consisting of "the best pilots and the best fighters."

Sarah Palin is a rebel and the best fighter against the Obamanation.

- JP

Sarah Seen In Sunny San Diego

Washington Post gossip girls Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger, in their Reliable Source column Friday, say that the undisclosed location where Sarah Palin has been writing her book is sunny Southern California:

"Residents of a San Diego apartment complex saw her several times over the better part of August -- sitting poolside and tapping away on a laptop, her husband and at least a few of her kids nearby."

By no strange coincidence, Lynn Vincent, the former governor's ghostwriter lives in the same neighborhood.

Who let the cat out?

"A resident tells us that Palin, generally in T-shirts, sunglasses and visors, went mostly unrecognized by the neighbors -- until one family found themselves chatting in the pool with a little girl named Piper who told them her younger brother was named Trig."

Fortunately for the neighborhood, the working vacation -- or the Southern California part of it, at least -- appears to be over, so there shouldn't be an invasion of curious Sarah seekers. The neighbor told Roberts and Argetsinger that he saw the Palin clan packing up last weekend and hasn't seen the car they were driving since.

We wonder what Todd was doing there. According to unimpeachable sources Levi and Mercede Johnston (as broadcast by Jesse Griffin and his fellow-travelling bloggers liars) the Palins were supposed to be on the outs. Holy fertilizer, Batman, it's getting so you can't believe anything Palin-hatin' scumbuckets with a truckload of axes to grind say anymore...

- JP

Lynn Vincent will team with Sarah Palin on book

From the WORLD Magazine websitecomes word that publishing house HarperCollins announced today that 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has selected Lynn Vincent to be the co-author of Gov. Palin's first book. According to Politico, Vincent was chosen by Gov. Palin, after consulting with attorney Robert Barnett, from a list more than 30 applicants, including "top names in the field."

Lynn Vincent is Features Editor for WORLD Magazine and the best-selling author of a number of books, including Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party and The Blood of Lambs: A Former Terrorist's Memoir of Death and Redemption. but according to WORLD:

Her most popular collaboration, Same Kind of Different As Me (Thomas Nelson, 2006), tells the remarkable story of Ron Hall, a wealthy white art dealer, and Denver Moore, an illiterate homeless black man, as their lives converge unexpectedly. The book has sold nearly half a million copies and has stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 59 consecutive weeks, including 29 weeks at No. 15 or above.

A list of Ms. Vincent's published writings is here.

WORLD Editor in Chief Marvin Olasky commented:

"Lynn has been WORLD’s best writer of action stories ranging from shots fired in a Texas church to raging fires on California hillsides. She combines guts and grace, as does Sarah Palin, so the book should be outstanding."

Vincent will take a leave of absence from WORLD to work with Gov, Palin on her memoir, as the author's collaboration will require that she spend a considerable amount of time with the governor in Alaska. According to Politico, Sarah Palin "has already written 20,000 words on her own."

h/t: Free Republic

- JP

Gov. Sarah Palin on her book deal

ADN's Sean Cockerham broke the story today that a long-rumored book deal has finally been signed by Governor Sarah Palin to write her memoir.

The agreement, brokered by Washington lawyer Robert Barnett, is with HarperCollins Publishers for an undisclosed sum:

HarperCollins president and CEO Brian Murray said in a written statement that "Governor Palin is one of the most charismatic, inspiring and controversial figures to appear on the national political stage for many years."

Here are a few excerpts of the governor's quotes from the interview today with Cockerham:

"There have been so many things written and said through mainstream media that have not been accurate, and it will be nice through an unfiltered forum to get to speak truthfully about who we are and what we stand for and what Alaska is all about."

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"It will be nice to put my journalism degree to work on this and get to tell my story, Alaska's story. There have been so many unauthorized books and publications that have spoken to somebody else's opinion of who I am, what my family represents and what Alaska is all about."

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"I just really look forward to being able to relate to people through this book, those who are anxious to hear stories about people who are facing similar challenges perhaps. That's balancing work and parenting -- in my case work does mean running a state, and family involves a large and fun and colorful ordinary family that really has been thrust into maybe some extraordinary circumstances."

By law, Gov. Palin will not be required to disclose terms of her contract with HarperCollins until her annual financial disclosures must be filed in March of 2010.

Update: The Anti-Palin news service (AP) as usual, slants their story to demean the governor as much as they can get away with, which is to say in the atmosphere of the Obama Nation's hateful captive media, considerably.

Andrew Malcom's take is here, and it's delightful reading.

- JP