Rice to meet with publishers about memoirs

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, AP National Writer – Yahoo News

AP – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice waves while delivering a farewell speech, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, …

NEW YORK – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be meeting with publishers later this month to discuss three book projects, including a memoir of her service in the Bush administration.
Rice on Friday confirmed to The Associated Press in Washington that she is pursuing book proposals in the near future.

Executives at two publishing houses and a senior aide to Rice say potential deals would also include a memoir about Rice's family and a multimedia project about international affairs for preteens and adolescents. All asked not to be identified, saying that talks were still in preliminary stages.

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