Will Clinton’s Book Sell?

“For all the advance hype and talk of the book’s contents, nothing matters more to Clinton’s allies than whether the book sells,” Politico reports.

“Book sales are treated like an unofficial straw poll when they’re written by a prospective candidate. A best-seller, her allies believe, would go a long way toward answering cries of ‘Clinton fatigue’ from her critics.”

“Clinton is competing not just against other memoir writers, but against herself. Her aides say the book has already pre-sold 1 million advance copies, the same number her last memoir, Living History, sold in its first month. People close to Clinton have said they hope to surpass the first book, which sold 40,000 on its first day.”