Palin Reports $1.25M So Far from Book Deal

Financial Disclosure Statement Show Former Alaska Governor Received at Least $1.25 Million Retainer for "Going Rogue"

(AP)  Updated 6:20 p.m. ET

Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue."

A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin's finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor. Palin says she received the money from publisher HarperCollins for the book.

The document only provides a partial picture of the book deal because it doesn't cover the three months she has been out of office. Palin doesn't elaborate on her book compensation, describing the $1.25 million figure only as a "retainer," a word rarely used in publishing.

Her personal spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, declined to provide more details of the book deal.

"The Governor has complied with Alaska disclosure law by her filing," she said in an e-mail Tuesday. "Now, as a private citizen, her business dealings, including her publishing agreement, are confidential."

It's likely Palin will make more money when it's all said and done. "Going Rogue" catapulted to No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com after HarperCollins announced in late September it had moved up the release date of 1.5 million copies from spring to Nov. 17.

Palin will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" the day before the release of her book, which is currently listed at No. 6 on Amazon.com and No. 11 on Barnes & Noble.com.

Palin has mostly been out of the public eye while working with the ghostwriter of her memoir.

Since resigning, she's made only a few public appearances including a September speech before investors in Hong Kong. She also attended the welcome-home ceremony in Fairbanks for soldiers, including her son Track, and appeared at a gun rights event in Anchorage. She's maintained a larger presence on Facebook, posting occasional messages to almost 950,000 fans, the latest posted Monday night announcing her support of conservative candidates in New Jersey and Virginia.

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In the disclosure filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, Palin also reported collecting $73,000 as governor in 2009 as well as $6,370.80 in per diem during her final months in office. Her annual salary as governor was $125,000.

The documents also spell out the long list of gifts that Palin received in the final months of her term, including one from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani that would make any baseball fan jealous: $4,250 worth of tickets to a Yankees game for Palin, her husband and their daughter Willow. Other gifts listed include a $550 knife set made with snowmobile parts, women's hunting gear valued at $469.95 and travel and lodging to many locations.

In the same time period, Palin's husband Todd earned nearly $34,100 working as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field - a job he quit in September. The disclosure says he also made about $32,260 in the family's commercial fishing business, $3,500 in snowmobile race winnings and a $3,252 snowmobile discount from racing sponsor Arctic Cat.

Palin listed her attorney among debts of more than $1,000, noting "legal fees to fight false allegations while governor." Palin has said her family racked up more than $500,000 in legal fees stemming from multiple ethics complaints filed against her, almost all of which were dismissed.

The disclosure lists checks totaling $5,750 that Palin has received from individuals from outside Alaska, including two dating from her time last year as the running mate of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

"Checks have not been cashed," a handwritten note says in the disclosure. "They've either been, or will be, returned via volunteers assisting with mail and communications."

[element51]

If you look in the dictionary under the word, "opportunist" you will find Sarah's picture. This woman has cashed in like no one I have ever seen. Although I do not hate her as Biggest_Rick states in his post, I cannot say that I am a great admirer. When I think about the possibility of her being elected President it gives me a cold chill. I believe that there is much about her that the public does not know and she seems to be very adept at keeping her little secrets. But there is a large number of people who seem to have forgotten what the last administration did to the country who will rush to support her in whatever endevor she chooses. I know that if she had her way people like me would be eliminated because we stand for things that she doesn't approve of. She is one scary woman. But if she can continue to spread hatred and feat she will definately be a player in the future. Fear and hatred hold tremendous power and the American people have very, very short memories.

[culturechang]

Now we know why she resigned for governorship. She made more money this way. She needs to because she is as cooked as a Christmas goose politically. She won?t get elected to mayor or Wasilla again.

[basketlover1]

Everytime I read about her she is in the "politics" column. Since she is no longer an elected official, I think she should be in the "entertainment" section.

[P0STING_AWAY]

Does anybody have any idea what Rupert Murdoch is going
to do with all of the copies of this book he ordered???
From what I understand .... Landfill space in New York
is not cheap ....

[BeckieBest]

People in Alaska are looking forward to Sarah Palin's memoir. They're already calling it 'The Book to Nowhere.


lol!

[BeckieBest]

David Letterman's Top Ten Sarah Palin Tips For Writing A Book

10. Close curtains so you don't get distracted by Russia.
9. Increase vocabulary -- use words like "slanket."
8. First buy yourself 100-grand worth of writing outfits.
7. Don't write a word until the check clears.
6. Limit yourself to one "you betcha" per chapter.
5. You can never have enough stories about ice fishing or killing things with your bare hands.
4. When in doubt, just type (wink).
3. Don't let writing cut into attending "Fire Letterman" rallies.
2. Have a book translated for sale to European countries like London.
1. I'll try to find ya some tips and I'll bring 'em to ya!


lol!

[BeckieBest]

The book costs $24.99, but it has a $5,000 jacket.



lol!

[BeckieBest]

Sarah Palin's 400-page memoir is going to be released on November 17th, and it's called 'Going Rogue: An American Life.' And critics say that it starts out okay, it get's really exciting and then confusing, and then the last 100 pages are blank.


lol!

[BeckieBest]

Oh goodie!

I hope that they translate the book from her native Giberish to English!

[salmoc44]

If Sarah's paid writer would've have dumbed the book down to a "My Pet Goat" level, Bush Jr. could have read it.

[myopinionpal]

I would not give her 1.2 cents for that book.

[ubrew12]

Look on the bright side: now she'll be able to answer Katie Couric the next time she's asked 'what do you read'?

[ubrew12]

Does anyone relish having to explain to their children that 'ROGUE' isn't what they think it is?

"No, Johnny, that's actually called 'selling out' "

[toldyouso21]

1.25 million is not a very large advance these days--why so skimpy?

[tomanyt]

Sure pays more than being a governor.

[kevjustice]

I wonder how much money she got from her movie "Nalin Palin".

[presjfk]

Who said life was fair?

[stn_sage]

Hey! This is great! If the dough keeps rolling in like this, she won't NEED to go for the presidency to get the 'beenies!

[Biggest_Rick]

It is so funny to watch the hate fest. Good for Sarah, not only is she a pretty woman, now she is getting her message out and making money doing it. Go Sarah, write as many books and make as many speeches as you can. Make the liberals in this country just melt with envy and hatred to show the type of people they really are. I am happy for your success.

[stupa3]

Hate Hate Hate

[cass1465]

Hate, hate, hate

[stuart-johns2]

I did'nt know Sister Sarah-Silly had any success in life. I think she's quit about everyhting she was ever involved with.

[Justme8811]

"the day before the book's release of her book?" Another example of the fine reporting at abc! Does she have two books coming out, with the first releasing her second??