Trump photo book ‘Our Journey Together’ coming next month

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NEW YORK (AP)-Donald Trump’s first post-White House book is, like many others about him, a departure from other former presidents.

Trump publishes a hardcover collection of hundreds of photos from his administration, featuring his own captions, some handwritten. “Our Journey Together” is scheduled for Dec. 7, but not by a traditional New York publisher. Instead it will be released by a new company formed by Donald Trump Jr.’s son. and campaign aide Sergio Gor, Winning Team Publishing.

“‘ Our Journey Together ’features memorable moments from our time in Washington: the construction of the Southern Border Wall; America’s tax cuts; confirms nearly 300 federal judges and 3 Supreme Court justices; rebuilding our military; creating the Space Force; dealing with Kim Jong-Un, President Xi, President Putin, and many other world leaders, ”the former president said in a statement on Friday.

While Barack Obama, George W. Bush and other recent Trump predecessors wrote memoirs and announced multi-million dollar deals with Penguin Random House and other publishing houses immediately after leaving office, the New York publishers protested working with Trump – especially after Jan. 6 siege of the US Capitol by some of his supporters. Simon & Schuster dropped a book by a Trump backer, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, and faced widespread anger within the company for reaching a deal for a memoir of Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence.

Trump once referred to publishing a diary, “the book of all books,” but otherwise gave interviews to Michael Wolff, Jonathan Karl of ABC News and others writing about him. If he releases a memoir through the Winning Team, it will be a test for how a new publisher can manage sales and distribution for a book that could sell millions of copies.

The web site (https://45books.com) for Winning Team Publishing offers few details-no masthead or listings for books other than Trump’s. (Official Merch is “Coming Soon”). Gor declined to discuss the Winning Team’s plans, but said additional authors had been signed. Winning Team Publishing continues a wave of conservative imprints, among them Daily Wire’s DW Books and All Seasons Press, formed this year by those who say they have been “silenced” by major publishers.

Trump’s statement included a link to the company’s site, where the book can be preorder for $ 74.99 in the standard format (new photo books are known to sell for anywhere from $ 40 to over $ 150) and $ 229.99 for a signed copy. “Our Journey Together” is also listed on Amazon.com, which founder Jeff Bezos Trump often attacks, even though at noon on Friday it wasn’t available for purchase. According to Amazon, the book is 320 pages, with a suggested reading audience of 12 years and up.

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