Click this link to read a recent New York Times coverage on Michael Phelps' activities post-Beijing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/sports/olympics/10phelps.html
Michael Phelps - quipped as a "superhuman" for his feat in sweeping 8 gold medals in the recent Beijing Olympics Games, setting 7 new world records and 1 Olympics record. This article centres on his hectic travelling and media appearance schedule after his mega swim-(star)dom at the Games. But what caught my eye wasn't the media attention he's getting - but the US$ 1.6 million advance he got to write a book.
See? Stories tell. Books sell. And for the celeb author - it all goes well. Especially when one thinks about what Phelps could do with US$1.6 million in advance, plus the balance payment (more millions) and subsequent royalties (much much more millions) from the sale of the book - all of which amounts to countless millions - or if you like - super millions.
And my guess for the title of Phelps' book? "From Pool to Cool". I'm looking forward to his book for sure. ;)
2 comments:
How about "From Pool to Moolah"
haha that would do too! ;)
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