Palin’s Book Out Sooner than Expected

From the LA Times:

You Sarah Palin fans/haters who thought you had until next spring to buy and then read at least the first part of Sarah Palin’s book need to change your plans. Pronto!

Grab your lawn chair and get down to the local bookstore immediately. The book is so delicious and revealing — according to the publisher, who might just have a stake in ginning up excitement over this — they are moving up the publication date.

“Going Rogue: An American Life” will now go on sale on Nov. 17. So everyone can get copies as Thanksgiving presents. Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham says the ex-governor obviously invested herself deeply — and also quite quickly — in penning the 400-page volume, and it contains “fascinating details.”

Some of which, no doubt, will not be so fascinating to some within the failed campaign of Arizona Sen. John McCain, who picked her as the first GOP female on a presidential ticket in an obvious bid for the Arctic vote.

Many in the mainstream media will also be eager to see how the Republican hockey mom praises them for their objective portrayals of her — and, indeed, her entire family — all last fall.First stop on the book promotion tour, no doubt: CBS to chat with David L. and Katie C. Harper’s says it’s ordered a whopping advance printing of 1.5 million copies. But that still means that more than 300 million Americans will have to share copies.

Or perhaps they’ll print more.

– Andrew Malcolm

From the AP:

That was fast.

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said.

“Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project,” said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. “It’s her words, her life, and it’s all there in full and fascinating detail.”

Palin’s book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall “the best possible time for a major book of this kind.” The book now has a title, one fitting for a public figure known for the unexpected — “Going Rogue: An American Life.”

Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several weeks in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to comment and asked not to be identified.

– By HILLEL ITALIE

From Politico:

Sarah Palin’s publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life.”

Publication is being moved up from spring to Nov. 17 in order to catch the holiday book-buying season. The former Alaska governor has been in huge demand as a speaker, and continues to harvest a bounty of media attention.

Palin had a deadline of Sept. 15 for her manuscript and turned it in a bit early. Copy-editing and fact-checking are now underway in a race to meet the crash publishing schedule, which has been accelerated four or five months because of the huge anticipated demand.

After Palin left office on July 26, she went with her husband, Todd, and her children to San Diego, the home of her collaborator, Lynn Vincent, and worked on the book for several weeks. Later, Palin spent several days in New York, going over the final edits.

Palin mischievously embraced the phrase “going rogue” at the end of her troubled campaign for vice president on the ticket headed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). The phrase has its roots in an Oct. 20 story by Slate’s John Dickerson, with the lead: “Has Sarah Palin “gone rogue”?”

– Mike Allen

So, for all the doubters out there who were crying, “Where’s Sarah Palin?” Now ya know.