Barack and Michelle Obama sign record book deals with Penguin Random House
Books by former president and first lady said to have been sold for more than $60m and will focus on White House years
Barack and Michelle Obama have signed book deals with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced on Tuesday.
Financial terms were not disclosed for the books, for which several publishers had competed, although the Financial Times reported that bidding reached more than $60m – a record sum for US presidential memoirs.
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