Books about Biden presidency go ‘bust’ as Trump ‘best-sellers’ prove more popular with readers

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Books about President Biden continue to be outperformed by best-selling books about the Trump administration, according to a recent report, causing some accounts of the current occupant of the White House to be axed entirely.

"In a further reflection of the soft market for books about President Joe Biden, publisher Simon and Schuster has withdrawn its contract with Alex Thompson, Axios’ national political correspondent, for a book about the Biden administration," Politico Playbook wrote Wednesday in a report titled, "Biden book bust casualty."

"The proposed book was originally scheduled to be published early this year," Playbook revealed.

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Thompson confirmed the news in an X post on Wednesday.

"[I]t’s true," he wrote. "But still writing it and aiming for 2025 to tell the story of the Biden presidency."

In general, books about Biden's presidency have "sold relatively poorly," especially when compared to "best-sellers about predecessor Donald Trump," the report explained. "Thompson is now actively engaged in talks with other publishers and is still working on the draft, according to a person close to him."

A list of books concerning Biden, including Gabriel Debenedetti's "The Long