A Promised Land: Deluxe Signed Edition by Barack Obama $350

[Troy]

I regularly visit Black-owned books stores, not so much in the past year for obvious reasons, but in one store I noticed this book; an autographed copy of Obama's memoir, Promised Land.  This version retails for $350 but I doubt you'll find a copy selling for that much. I've seen the book priced at $1,000 or more.  Copies with the signature page removed are selling for  $150.

 

The crazy thing is that I was not aware of the book prior too seeing it in the store.  The bookseller of the store I saw it in (I'm deliberately not naming the store) told me the publisher only offered him two copies.  

 

I don't how many were produced or what book stores got copies and how many they got.  Any bookseller lucky enough to get a few copies was given a gift from the publisher. 

 

[Troy]

Another bookseller I spoke to got one copy and raffled it off. They got 300 people to buy a raffle tickets.  

[Troy]

I've obtained two copies of this book and will be raffling one copy off shortly.