Published last month, Donald Trump's Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (Threshold Editions) is the typical issues book released by presidential candidates. But Trump's idiosyncrasies, love them or hate them, have also spawned some very unofficial publications.
This past Tuesday, Post Hill Press gave Trump's colorful candidacy a creative spin with the release of The Trump Coloring Book by M.G. Anthony (dist. by Simon & Schuster, $11.99, 9781682610282). This adult coloring book features 50 humorous black-and-white scenes, from Trump playing Battleship with Kim Jong-Un to Trump's smirking mug plastered on the side of Mt. Rushmore. The book has been covered by CNN and other major media outlets, and is nearing a reprint after a 30,000-copy initial run.
Quotations from Chairman Trump, edited by Carol Pogash (RosettaBooks, dist. by Ingram Publisher Services, $14.99, 9780795348211), collects Trump quotes into a little red book styled after Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, which may be the most printed book in history. The Donald's own words satirize himself, with gems like: "It has not been easy for me; and you know I started off in Brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." Or: "The Bible means a lot to me but I don't want to get into specific verses."
"Every day Donald Trump finds someone else to ridicule," said Pogash, the book's editor, who is also a journalist. "By framing his quotes, Mr. Trump becomes the target of his own ridicule. The book pricks the helium out of the man with the yellow hair."
An e-book of Quotations from Chairman Trump is available now, and the hardcover will be released January 26. RosettaBooks is planning publicity outreach across the political spectrum and an initial print run of 7,500, with expected 10,000-copy reprints.
The Trump campaign has thus far refrained from commenting on either title. --Tobias Mutter