Unpublished Palin memoir already No. 1
Last Updated: Saturday, October 3, 2009 | 1:31 PM ET
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Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has a hit on her hands — her memoir is already a bestseller six weeks ahead of its release.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pictured in Colorado Springs, Colo., last November at the end of the U.S. presidential campaign, says she wanted to tell her side of the story. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
Going Rogue: An American Life went on pre-order this week and soon hit the top of Amazon.com's Top 100 list as well as Barnes & Noble orders.
Scheduled for release Nov. 17, the book knocked off the latest tome from Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol.
Palin's 2008 run for the White House with Republican presidential nominee John McCain was marked by reports of internal bickering and much criticism over her inexperience.
The 45-year-old politician resigned as governor in July. She has already revealed she was writing a book to tell her side of the story.
She allegedly got a $7 million US advance for the book.
McCain was cautious in his assessment of what it might unveil.
"The part I'm looking forward to most is the part where it energized our campaign, and her selection put us ahead in the polls," he said in a recent interview with NBC. "The part I am looking forward to least is some of the disagreements that took place within the campaign."
HarperCollins describes the autobiography as "her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."
Palin used Lynn Vincent as her ghostwriter. Vincent is known for her collaboration with retired general William Boykin, the former head of the U.S. army's Special Forces Command. Boykin said in the book that he felt his job was to defeat Satan to save America as a Christian nation.
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