New Obama book deal shatters record – report
01 March 2017 |
11:36 am
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama have reportedly agreed to write two more books with publishers Penguin Random House for $65 million, after a bidding war that blew away similar deals set by predecessors.
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