{"id":2467249,"date":"2025-07-27T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ouch-biden-memoir-rights-reportedly-sell-for-significantly-less-than-obama-or-clinton\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:32:47","slug":"ouch-biden-memoir-rights-reportedly-sell-for-significantly-less-than-obama-or-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ouch-biden-memoir-rights-reportedly-sell-for-significantly-less-than-obama-or-clinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouch: Biden Memoir Rights Reportedly Sell for Significantly Less Than Obama or Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fouch-biden-memoir-rights-reportedly-sell-for-significantly-less-than-obama-or-clinton%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden has secured a book deal for his memoirs with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-hits-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-5-others-with-subpoenas-over-biden-family-coverup\/\" title=\"House Oversight Committee subpoenas DHS Secretary Mayorkas and five others over alleged &#039;Biden family coverup&#039;.\">reported advance<\/a> of about $10 million from Hachette&#8217;s Little, Brown &#038; Co. This amount is notably lower than advances received by previous presidents, such as Bill Clinton&#8217;s $15 million and Barack and Michelle Obama&#8217;s record $60 million deal. While Biden is actively working on the manuscript, the memoir is expected to cover his four years as president as well as his eight years as vice president. Some critics and observers have expressed skepticism about Biden&#8217;s ability to write the memoir, citing concerns about his memory and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pictures-tearful-queen-elizabeth-ii-royal-family-attend-memorial-for-prince-phillip\/\" title=\"Pictures: Tearful Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Family Attend Memorial for Prince Phillip\">recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-adds-bitcoin-to-his-twitter-bio-bitcoin-surges-by-20\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Adds \u2018#bitcoin\u2019 To His Twitter Bio, Bitcoin Surges By 20%\">health issues<\/a><\/a>, including an aggressive form of prostate cancer. It remains unclear when the book will be published or if Biden will undertake a promotional tour. Presidents and their spouses often write memoirs to provide income and shape their legacies after leaving office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ever stop and wonder what former President Joe Biden is doing with all his free time these days?<\/p>\n<p>Aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1855710537650249963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strolling<\/a> on the beach, wrestling with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConservBrief\/status\/1942206568717566245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">folding chairs<\/a>, and making a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cj9ez1g8mkdo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speeches<\/a> critical of his successor, Biden has done what most of his predecessors have done: landed a book deal.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-a-shot-at-trump-during-remarks-on-jimmy-carters-death\/\" title=\"Biden Takes a Shot at Trump During Remarks on Jimmy Carter&#039;s Death\">46th president &#038;mdash<\/a>; or, rather, his representatives at Creative Artists Agency &mdash; negotiated an advance on his memoirs with Hachette&rsquo;s Little, Brown &amp; Co. &ldquo;in the range of $10 million,&rdquo; the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/biden-sells-memoir-for-roughly-10-million-less-than-obama-and-clinton-1e124dc0?st=Wtqa1P&amp;reflink=article_imessage_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That rather vague amount might sound pretty hefty to the average aspiring author.<\/p>\n<p>But it pales in comparison to previous advances to former presidents.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); 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to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Alfred A. Knopf publishers paid $15 million for &ldquo;My Life,&rdquo; former President Bill Clinton&rsquo;s 2004 memoir.<\/p>\n<p>And former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberals-desperate-can-ask-1-question-barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a> and his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-michelle-obama-actress-friend-complain-hard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle<\/a>, sold their story to Penguin Random House for a record-breaking $60 million in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has published several books on business, most notably &ldquo;The Art of the Deal,&rdquo; but he did not publish a memoir after his first term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Presidents and their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >spouses routinely shop memoirs<\/a> after their time at the White House,&rdquo; The Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Such books can provide a major source of income, and help the public figures frame their legacies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No publication date has been announced yet, but Biden was recently quoted as saying he is &ldquo;working my tail off&rdquo; on the book manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden has hinted that the memoir will cover his four years as president,&rdquo; the New York Post wrote. It will likely also touch on the eight years he served as vice president during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>Considering all the recent publicity concerning an apparent cover-up of Biden&rsquo;s reported cognitive decline during his presidency, more than one person has raised questions about how an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/5-damning-joe-biden-quotes-hur-interview-not-senility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elderly man with a poor memory<\/a>&rdquo; will assemble such a book.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How does a man w\/poor memory write a memoir?&rdquo; one person asked on social media platform X. &ldquo;Maybe they&rsquo;ll call it &lsquo;The Malarkey Memoir.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have u heard&hellip;?<br \/> Hachette Book Group paid Joe Biden $10MILLION in advance to publish his memoir of his years as president. I have a question.&#129300;<br \/> How does a man w\/poor memory write a memoir? Maybe they&rsquo;ll call it &ldquo;The Malarkey Memoir&rdquo;<br \/> btw all other presidents got paid much more.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127801;Bond&hellip;Eva Bond is back&#127801; (@stiletoprincess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stiletoprincess\/status\/1948500222251802735?\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Former White House Press Secretary (during Trump&rsquo;s first term) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-former-trump-press-secretary-sean-spicer-launches-cable-talk-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Spicer<\/a> was also skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden is reportedly getting a $10 million book advance (for a book he won&rsquo;t write or likely read),&rdquo; Spicer wrote in an X post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden is reportedly getting a $10 million book advance (for a book he won&rsquo;t write or likely read)<\/p>\n<p>To BREAK EVEN &mdash; they would have to sell a minimum of 350,000 copies<\/p>\n<p>NOT. A. CHANCE.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanspicer\/status\/1948423259801686102?\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To BREAK EVEN &mdash; they would have to sell a minimum of 350,000 copies,&rdquo; he observed, adding, &ldquo;NOT. A. CHANCE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear when or whether Biden will do a publicity tour for the book due to his health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Biden announced earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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