Donald Trump says he's writing a e book – which can “depress” readers – about his lie that electoral fraud brought on his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020.
Talking in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Trump stated: “That is the best hoax, heist. This is likely one of the best crimes within the historical past of our nation. And sadly, the prosecutors don’t wish to do something about it.
“That is the crime of the century. I’m truly writing a e book about it known as The Crime of the Century.
“I don’t suppose you’ll take pleasure in it. You’ll be very depressed if you learn it, however we wish to have it down for historic causes.”
On Monday, Successful Workforce Publishing – an imprint co-founded by Donald Trump Jr which has put out an image e book about Trump’s presidency – introduced the brand new e book on Twitter.
“NEW BOOK ALERT: CRIME OF THE CENTURY by President Donald J Trump!” the tweet shouted, promising particulars quickly.
The tweet linked to an internet site the place copies of the image e book, Our Journey Collectively, had been on sale for $74.99 (unsigned) and $229.99 (signed). A duplicate signed by Donald Trump Jr was priced at $199.99.
Most presidents signal e book offers. Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, has printed one quantity of memoirs after netting greater than $60m for his work and that of his spouse, Michelle.
Trump has printed a variety of books below his personal identify, utilizing ghostwriters. However he left workplace in shame, having been impeached twice, the second time for inciting the lethal Capitol assault of 6 January 2021. There was no memoirs deal.
In June final yr, Trump claimed to have “turned down two e book offers, from probably the most unlikely of publishers” as a result of he did “not desire a deal proper now”. However he added: “I’m writing like loopy anyway, nonetheless, and when the time comes, you’ll see the e book of all books.”
On the identical time, citing workers protests at Simon & Schuster over a deal for Mike Pence, Trump’s vice-president, publishing insiders stated no mainstream home would contact a Trump memoir.
“It could be too onerous to get a e book that was factually correct,” Politico quoted one insider as saying. “That might be the issue. If he can’t even admit that he misplaced the election, then how do you publish that?”
Books about Trump, his time in energy and his refusal to confess defeat proceed to be bestsellers. However Keith Urbahn, an agent behind many such books, instructed Politico: “It doesn’t matter what the upside on a Trump e book deal is – the complications the undertaking would carry would far outweigh the potential within the eyes of a significant writer.
“Any editor daring sufficient to accumulate the Trump memoir is a factchecking nightmare, an exodus of different authors and a workers rebellion.”
Successful Workforce Publishing has no such issues. It did face controversy, nonetheless, when the New York Instances reported that Trump stopped his White Home photographer utilizing photos which had been then included in his personal e book.
Our Journey Collectively was reported to have made $20m in simply two months on sale.
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