article_snippet: Cruz inked a deal with Broadside Books, a division of Harper Collins, last year for a reported $1.5 million advance.
article_snippet: That would pale in comparison to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's $14 million contract, but signals the publishing industry's eagerness to cash in as political books become more like campaign commercials than memoirs.
article_snippet: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton memoir made a giant splash in 2014 but sales were well below what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publisher expected for a $14 million advance .
article_snippet: Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, printed 1 million copies but sold just 161,000 in the first three weeks, a critical marketing period, according to Neilsen BookScan.
article_snippet: That number was still under a quarter-million by August.
article_snippet: Cruz's book sold fewer than 72,000 copies in Cruz's book first four months.
highlights_snippet: Cruz's reported $1.5 million book advance is a serious figure but nowhere near the $14 million Hillary Clinton was paid for Hillary Clinton memoir .
  