Hillary Clinton's book sets a record. In the last decade, only the fourth ''Harry Potter'' has sold more books its first week on shelvesInstead of Hogwarts and evil wizards, she writes of Yale Law School and vast right-wing conspiracies, but otherwise, Hillary Rodham Clinton has a lot in common with J.K. Rowling. According to USA Today, the former first lady's new memoir, ''Living History,'' is the fastest-selling nonfiction book since the newspaper started tracking best-sellers a decade ago, with publisher Simon & Schuster estimating sales of 600,000 copies since it was published last Monday. Only Rowling's ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' has sold faster during its first week in stores (3 million copies), though Rowling's ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,'' out this Saturday, may well surpass both books.
''We certainly knew that this would be the biggest adult book of the year, and it could be one of the biggest of all time,'' S&S exec David Rosenthal tells USA Today.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that the publisher has already earned back the $8 million it contracted to pay the New York senator.http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2003-06-17-hillary-list_x.htmrest of her income:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.asp?CID=N00000019&year=2005Net Worth: From $10,080,005 to $50,200,000
Ranks 14th among all members
of the Senate
Assets: 5 totaling $10,095,006 to $50,250,000
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Adam Smith Conference Moscow, Russia Spouse Speech 10/12/05 $125,000
America's Health Insurance Plans Las Vegas, NV Spouse Speech 06/10/05 $150,000
American Academy of Achievement New York, NY Spouse Speech 06/01/05 $150,000
Assn of S California Defense Counsel Los Angeles, CA Spouse Speech 03/04/05 $125,000
Blex SL Canary Islands, Spain Spouse Speech 07/24/05 $350,000
Carnegie Abbey Club Portsmouth, RI Spouse Speech 08/11/05 $150,000
CLSA Hong Kong, PRC Spouse Speech 02/22/05 $100,000
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck Indianapolis, IN Spouse Speech 06/08/05 $150,000
Deutsche Bank New York, NY Spouse Speech 08/11/05 $150,000
Deutsche Bank Baltimore, MD Spouse Speech 05/04/05 $150,000
Global Business Enterprises Abu Dhabi Spouse Speech 11/15/05 $300,000
Global Strategic Ventures New York, NY Spouse Speech 04/26/05 $150,000
Gold Service International Mexico City, Mexico Spouse Speech 06/21/05 $200,000
Gold Service International Bogota, Columbia Spouse Speech 06/22/05 $200,000
Gold Service International Sao Paulo, Brazil Spouse Speech 06/23/05 $200,000
Gold Service International Sao Paulo, Brazil Spouse Speech 06/24/05 $200,000
Golden Tree Asset Management New York, NY Spouse Speech 11/09/05 $150,000
Goldman Sachs Paris, France Spouse Speech 06/06/06 $250,000
Goldman Sachs Greensboro, GA Spouse Speech 06/13/05 $150,000
Goldman Sachs Kiawah Island, SC Spouse Speech 04/20/05 $125,000
Griwa Consulting GMBH Berne, Switzerland Spouse Speech 05/18/05 $250,000
HSM Italia New York Spouse Speech 09/20/05 $125,000
Hubert Burda Media GmbH Munich, Germany Spouse Speech 12/01/05 $300,000
Info USA Omaha, NE Spouse Nonemployee Compensation $Over $1,000
International Centre for Business Inform Toronto, Canada Spouse Speech 10/18/05 $125,000
Jewish Federation Council of Greater LA Los Angeles, CA Spouse Speech 02/16/05 $125,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicag Chicago, IL Spouse Speech 11/07/05 $150,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicag Chicago, IL Spouse Speech 11/08/05 $150,000
KMD Copenhagen, Denmark Spouse Speech 05/17/05 $250,000
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Lancaster, PA Spouse Speech 05/04/05 $150,000
Leading Minds Dubai, UAE Spouse Speech 11/28/05 $125,000
Leading Minds Munich, Germany Spouse Speech scheduled for 12/13/05 $125,000
Leading Minds Sydney, Australia Spouse Speech 10/27/05 $125,000
Leading Minds Copenhagen, Denmark Spouse Speech 10/03/05 $125,000
Macklowe Properties New York, NY Spouse Speech 11/10/05 $250,000
National Multi-Housing Council New York, NY Spouse Speech 05/10/05 $150,000
Power Within Toronto, Canada Spouse Speech 10/18/05 $350,000
Power Within Calgary, Canada Spouse Speech 10/19/05 $300,000
Random House New York, NY Spouse Book Royalties $Over $1,000
Savage/Rothenberg Productions Los Angeles, CA Spouse Speech 03/02/05 $125,000
Savage/Rothenberg Productions Los Angeles, CA Spouse Speech 03/03/05 $125,000
Serono International Paradise Island, The Bahamas Spouse Speech 02/03/05 $150,000
Simon & Schuster Parsippany, NJ Book Royalties $872,891
Simon & Schuster Parsippany, NJ Book Royalties $4,465
tinePublic Inc London, Ontario, Canada Spouse Speech 10/17/05 $125,000
Young President's Organization New York, NY Spouse Speech 09/20/05 $150,000
YPO Windy City Chapter Chicago, IL Spouse Speech 11/07/05 $100,000
Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund I LLC Los Angeles, CA Spouse Guaranteed payments to partner $Over $1,000
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