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Palin will sign book at Cincy Joseph-Beth

By Hillel Italie Associated Press

Anonymous ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this book cover image released by Harper, "Going Rogue: An American Life," by Sarah Palin, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)

IF YOU GO

Sarah Palin signs 'Going Rogue'

When: Noon Nov. 20. Time is subject to change.

Where: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati.

Admission: Tickets are required but are free with purchase of book, which may be pre-ordered through Joseph-Beth.

Learn more: (513) 396-8960. www.josephbeth.com.

Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati is among the stops on Sarah Palin's book tour, which is largely being seen as a gift for her base.

No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on the road but where the voters tend to be Democrats.

Beyond a Nov. 16 television interview with Oprah Winfrey, nothing is scheduled for Chicago. New York will feature media appearances only. Instead, the itinerary for Palin, whose memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life, comes out Nov. 17, includes Noblesville, Ind.; Washington, Pa.; and Rochester, N.Y.

"She wants to be unconventional. She is unconventional," Harper Collins spokes woman Tina Andreadis said Wednesday. "She feels like this is where her fans are, and Harper feels this is where she'll sell the most books."

Going Rogue has an announced first printing of 1.5 million copies and has been at or near the top of Amazon's best-seller list for weeks.

Palin is scheduled to appear at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati's Rookwood Pavilion shopping center on Nov. 20. The signing probably will be at noon, said store spokeswoman Barb Hudson. According to Joseph-Beth's Web site, Palin will autograph her book but will not personalize the inscriptions. There will be no posed photographs and no memorabilia signed, the store said.

On Wednesday, ABC News announced that Barbara Walters would interview Palin, to air in five parts during three ABC News broadcasts — Good Morning America, Nightline and 20/20 — starting the morning of publication day.

On her Facebook site, Palin says she's hoping to schedule interviews with others, including Rush Limbaugh and four Fox News Channel personalities: Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Greta Van Susteren. All but Van Susteren have their own radio programs.

The tour starts Nov. 18 at a Barnes & Noble in Grand Rapids, Mich., where Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, and running mate Sen. John McCain made a campaign appearance last fall.

The full tour schedule has not been completed, but confirmed locations — many of which Palin campaigned at last year — include the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.; Columbus, Ohio; Roanoke, Va.; the Army post in Fort Bragg, N.C.; Orlando, Fla.; and Albuquerque, N.M. The tour is scheduled to end Dec. 10.