Thursday 21 August 2008

Left or right, Obama books are hot

NEW YORK �

Whether they like him or oppose him, readers want to hear more around Barack Obama.


"The Obama Nation," an anti-Obama book written by Jerome V. Corsi, will debut at No. 1 come Sunday on The New York Times' hardcover nonfictional prose best-seller list. Corsi was co-author of "Unfit for Command," an influential 2004 best-seller that condemned the Vietnam War record of then Democratic presidential prospect John Kerry.


Obama, the Democrats' presumptive nominee in 2008, is himself the author of the million-selling "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope."


Interest in him is so strong that even an upcoming policy book, usually the toughest of sells, is espial on. A compilation of speeches and policy statements by Obama and his campaign staff, "Change We Can Believe In," had reached the top 75 on Amazon.com by Monday evening, less than a day after The Associated Press reported the book of account would occur out in September.


"Change We Can Believe In" has an announced first printing of 300,000.










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