Sarah Palin bio continues to climb
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As we noted yesterday, the biography of relatively unknown Sarah Palin was being snapped up by people eager to learn more about John McCain’s choice for VP.
Today the book -- ‘Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment on Its Ear,’ by Kaylene Johnson -- is at No. 12 in all of books on Amazon. It is the No. 1 bestseller in Biographies & Memoirs of Women and also No. 1 in Biographies & Memoirs of Leaders and Notable People -- Politicians.
The Wall Street Journal quotes author Johnson as saying that ‘the book has been selling well in Alaska because people really like her.’ That’s probably an old quote, as the book is now selling well pretty much everywhere.
And some in Alaska aren’t Palin-boosters. The Anchorage Daily News says local politicians are ‘stunned.’ Republican state Senate President Lyda Green, who, along with Johnson, is from Palin’s hometown of Wasilla, said: ‘She’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?’
Many are looking to Johnson’s bio for the answer to that question.
-- Carolyn Kellogg
UPDATE: ‘Sarah’ is now, after 1pm Pacific, at #10 on Amazon’s sales chart; it’s the only biography in the top 10.
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