To some extent, I think this is largely because Clinton's presidency had far less historical drama to read about (to say nothing of the appeal of reading about the other salacious aspects of his presidency). In any event, this still seems like awfully surprising news:
Former U.S. President George W Bush's memoir has sold an astonishing two million copies since it was released in early November - and it's not even in paperback yet.
'Decision Points', published both in hardcover and e-book form, is flying off the shelves, the Crown Publishing Group says.
By contrast, former president Bill Clinton's memoir, 'My Life', has logged sales of 2.2million copies since it was first published in 2004.
A spokesman for Crown called the performance remarkable.
He claimed he could not think of any other hardcover nonfiction books in 2010 that had sold even one million copies, much less two.
At least between the covers, history is already proving to be more favorable to Bush than his final approval ratings would suggest.
