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 yearsBarack 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 it was reported by the Financial Times that bidding reached more than $60m, a record sum for US presidential memoirs. Related: The 100 best nonfiction books: No 5 – Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995) Related: Michelle Obama's American Grown: the book, like the garden, too manicured | Emma G Keller Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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