Bio of Sarah Palin only available in small number (so far)

An interesting story in today's Publisher's Weekly about the book Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down (first chapter below). Excerpt:

John McCain surprised most when he chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska to be his running mate—and the only book available on Palin is, unsurprisingly, from an equally dark horse publisher: Epicenter Press, which has its primary office in Kenmore, Wash., and publishes books about Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Epicenter published Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down by Kaylene Johnson in April as a $19.95 hardcover featuring 50 photographs.

Publisher Kent Sturgis said the book had been doing well before the announcement; Epicenter went through its 7,000-copy first printing in less than a month, and then reprinted 3,000 more copies. "Those will be gone today," Sturgis said. ...

Read the rest of the short article about the Sarah Palin bio here.

I wonder if a large publishing house will purchase the book from Epicenter. So far, the biography is not even available on Amazon. [Added: I was wrong. The book can be ordered on Amazon. It is #775 right now; wonder how high it will go.]

Note: A "crusty, longwinded trial lawyer" reviews the book here. The post includes several photos and excerpts.

More about the book here. Here (LA Times blog). Here (Wall Street Journal blog). Here (Associated Press).

Note (added August 29, 2008, 2:30 PM Mountain): The Sarah Palin book is now #164 at Amazon. Think it will hit the top 100 today? The answer is "yes." At 3:17 PM, the book is #40.

From the publisher's Web site: a pdf of the first chapter of Sarah.

Note (added August 31, 2008, 9:45 AM Mountain): NPR interview of Kaylene Johnson about Sarah Palin.