CUOMO’S Covid memoir sales have taken a hit amid the twin scandals he’s involved in, after he has already gotten “seven-figure advance.”
Gov. Cuomo’s book “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was released in October, was heavily criticised and was branded as a “deranged victory lap” written in “the prose of a sociopath.”
But its publisher, Crown “thought they had identified another political star,” reports Vanity Fair.
At the time Cuomo didn’t disclose how much he was paid to write the book, but he had said he intends to donate some proceeds to charity.
However sources told the outlet that the book sold for at least low to mid-seven figures.
But as Gov. Cuomo has been facing two scandals, the sexual harassment allegations and the alleged cover up of coronavirus nursing home deaths, the sales of the book have plummeted.
A spokesman for BookScan told the outlet: “We can confirm that the title’s sales have dropped in the last five weeks, and for context, this is not reflective of a larger market trend.”
Last week Donald Trump Jr has called for the publishers of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s book to cancel his contract.
He tweeted: “With everything that is coming to light, when will @CrownPublishing be cancelling @andrewcuomo’s contract?”
It comes as earlier today Republicans have moved to try and impeach Cuomo after claims of sexual harassment and the nursing home scandal.
Will Barclay, Assembly Minority Leader announced the Conference’s plan to bring forward an impeachment resolution against the New York governor.
