New Hillary Books Follow Klein's Bestseller

Publishers are rolling out a string of new books about Hillary Clinton in the wake of Edward Klein's runaway bestseller about the likely 2008 presidential nomination seeker.

Klein's book "The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President," was a phenomenal success after its June release - even though it received almost no positive reviews from major media outlets that normally cover the publication of important new books.

Now, at least seven major books on Hillary are due out in the next year, NewsMax has learned from publishing sources. Even more may be in the pipeline as we write this.

Highly anticipated this October is "Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race," by former Clinton adviser-turned adversary Dick Morris and Eileen McGann.

The genesis of that book was a NewsMax Magazine cover story in January entitled "Condi vs. Hillary," in which Morris declared that "2008 could turn out to be the race of the century."

The book's publisher, Regan Books, will also release in October "The Case for Hillary Clinton" by longtime Democratic strategist Susan Estrich. Don't look for too much negative spin in that one.

Said Judith Regan, president of Regan Books: "Hillary is one of the rare people who ignites everyone's interest: the good, the bad and the ugly."

Two months after Klein's book began soaring up the bestseller charts, Avon Books reissued last year's unflattering "American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path to Power" as a paperback. The book's author, Christopher Andersen, had a No. 1 New York Times bestseller with "The Day Diana Died."

The American Conservative Union is also reissuing as a paperback "Hillary Rodham Clinton: What Every American Should Know," originally published in 2002.

The paperback, which has been updated, details Clinton's past involvement in Arkansas' "Cattlegate" and Whitewater scandals, and her "Travelgate" and "Filegate" troubles as first lady.

Crown Forum has scheduled a May 2006 release date for "Can She Be Stopped?" by conservative thinker John Podhoretz, a Fox News Channel contributor and former Ronald Reagan speechwriter.

The title leaves little doubt about Podhoretz's views on a 2008 Hillary run for the White House.