奧巴馬伕婦擬出回憶錄 版權標價超六千萬美元

Barack and Michelle Obama have signed book deals with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced.

企鵝蘭登書屋近日宣佈，貝拉克·奧巴馬和米歇爾·奧巴馬已與該出版社簽署圖書協議。

Financial terms were not disclosed for the books, for which several publishers had competed, although the Financial Times reported that bidding reached more than 60 million dollars - a record sum for US presidential memoirs.

有幾家出版社競拍圖書出版權，成交金額尚未披露。不過，《金融時報》報道稱，競拍價已突破6000萬美元——創下美國總統回憶錄出版權標價之最。

"We are absolutely thrilled to continue our publishing partnership with President and Mrs. Obama," Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle said in a statement.

企鵝蘭登書屋的首席執行官馬庫斯·多勒在一份聲明中說道：“我們非常高興能繼續與奧巴馬總統和及奧巴馬伕人保持出版合作關係。”

The Obamas plan to donate a "significant portion" of their author proceeds to charity, including to the Obama Foundation.

奧巴馬伕婦打算將“很大一部分”作者收益捐給包括奧巴馬基金會在內的慈善機構。

Additionally, Penguin Random House will donate 1 million books "in the Obama family's name".

此外，企鵝蘭登書屋將“以奧巴馬家庭的名義”捐出100萬冊圖書。

The pair of Obama books will be published separately and there are no official publication dates yet.

奧巴馬伕婦的兩本圖書將分開出版，正式出版日期暫未確定。