Hillary's autobiography sells like hot
cakes
SONG WENWEI, China Daily staff
NANJING: The Chinese language edition of
former US First Lady Hillary Clinton's autobiography "Living
History" has been selling like hot cakes across China since it
was published by the Nanjing-based Yilin Press on August 1.
In its first three days on the shelves, 1,850 copies of the
book - which has a print run of 100,000 - were sold at
Beijing's Xidan Bookstore, a record figure for biographies.
Yilin Press negotiated the copyright of the book's Chinese
language edition in April last year and finished the
translation 40 days after the English edition was published in
the United States on June 9.
"Our purpose in translating the book is to give Chinese
readers a chance to learn more about contemporary US society,
culture and politics since, in the book, Hillary gives a quite
comprehensive account of US foreign affairs, social and
political events during Bill Clinton's administration," said
Yilin Press President Zhang Zude.
He also said that Hillary Clinton could be a role model for
people, especially women, who are trying to achieve success in
both work and life.
