Hillary Clinton's deal for memoir, with 2014 release
- Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration.
- The book is tentatively scheduled for June 2014.
- Her book could serve as a possible signal of a presidential run.
NEW YORK - So what does it all mean?
Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster told the Associated Press.
The book has yet to be titled and is tentatively scheduled for June 2014, in time for the summer reading season and for the midterm elections, when a promotional tour could easily blend with Democratic efforts to recapture the House.
The former secretary of state's itinerary will be closely scrutinized for any signs she may run for president in 2016 - any book-tour events in early voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina would receive broad attention.
But her book will likely be anticipated on several levels - as a possible signal of a presidential run; as the latest chronicle of one of the most eventful public lives of the last quarter-century; as the continuation of a tradition of secretary of state memoirs that includes Dean Acheson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Present at the Creation and works by Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, and Clinton's immediate predecessor, Condoleezza Rice.
"Hillary Clinton's extraordinary public service has given her a unique perspective on recent history and the challenges we face," Jonathan Karp, president and publisher of the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group and the book's editor, said in a statement Thursday. "This will be the ultimate book for people who are interested in world affairs and America's place in the world today."
Financial terms were not disclosed. Clinton reportedly received $8 million for the 2003 memoir, Living History, also published by Simon & Schuster.
Clinton, 65, stepped down as secretary of state earlier this year after serving throughout Obama's first term. Polls indicate she would be a leading contender for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but she has yet to announce a decision.
According to Simon & Schuster, Clinton will write about everything from the killing of Osama bin Laden and the Arab Spring to China and climate change. It's unclear whether she will cover one of the bleakest events - the attack last fall against the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
