Going Rogue

The book deal was announced in May 2009 when Palin was still governor of Alaska. She said that she wanted the public to hear her true story, "unrestrained and unfiltered".{{cite news|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |url=http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/793061.html |date=2009-05-12 |last=Cockerham |first=Sean |title=Palin signs deal for memoir to be published in 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713091632/http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/793061.html |archive-date=2009-07-13 }} She reportedly received an advance of $1.25 million

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}} from publisher HarperCollins, with two projected additional payouts of between $2.5 million and $5 million each.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/sarah-palins-memoir-why-the-math-might-not-add-up-for-harperco/|title=Sarah Palin's memoir: Why the math might not add up for HarperCollins|last=Weinman|first=Sarah|date=2009-11-10|publisher=Daily Finance}}

Palin announced that although she would have a ghostwriter to help, she would be doing a lot of the writing herself, employing her journalism skills and the personal diaries and notes that she had kept throughout her life. Critics questioned whether Palin could write a book.{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/13/2009-05-13_sarah_palin_agrees_to_book_deal_with_harpercollins_memoir_due_out_in_spring_of_2.html?page=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909125759/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/13/2009-05-13_sarah_palin_agrees_to_book_deal_with_harpercollins_memoir_due_out_in_spring_of_2.html?page=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-09 |title=Sarah Palin agrees to book deal with HarperCollins; memoir due out in spring of 2010 |date=2009-05-13 |location=New York }}

Responding to concerns that writing and promoting the book would interfere with her duties as governor, Palin said she would only work on the book after hours and would promote the book "schedule permitting". The Alaska Department of Law issued a legal opinion which okayed the project, stating, "A book publication project is compatible with your position as governor so long as it does not interfere with your official duties".

Conservative journalist and author Lynn Vincent worked on the book with Palin for several weeks shortly after she resigned the governorship in the summer of 2009. Palin met with HarperCollins editors for intensive editing sessions in New York City. HarperCollins publisher Jonathan Burnham said that Palin had been "unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage", adding that the book was "her words, her life ... in full and fascinating detail". HarperCollins had planned publication for spring 2010, but later moved the date to November 17, 2009, as the book was completed earlier than expected.{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press |title=Palin finishes memoir, 'Going Rogue,' out Nov. 17 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009959513_apusbookspalin.html |date=2009-09-28 |last=Italie |first=Hillel |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604114439/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009959513_apusbookspalin.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 }} The publisher attributed completion of the memoir early to Palin's devoting full-time to the writing process after she left office.{{cite magazine|url = http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1928865,00.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091010121615/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1928865,00.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 10, 2009|title = How Did Sarah Palin Write Her Memoir So Fast?|last = Fitzpatrick|first = Laura|magazine=Time|date = 2009-10-07|access-date = 2009-10-23}} A paperback version of the book, with new material, released on August 24, 2010.{{cite web|last=Palin |first=Sarah |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Going-Rogue-LP/?isbn=9780061939907 |title=Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin |publisher=Harpercollins.com |access-date=2010-09-17}}

The first part of the book is devoted to Palin's life before the 2008 campaign; the second part details her life as a candidate for national office.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704431804574537882681089404 |title=Book Review: 'Going Rogue': Her Side of the Story/ McCain aides kept her out of the loop, focusing instead on 'packaging |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Melanie |date=2009-11-16 |work=Bookshelf |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117184025/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431804574537882681089404.html |archive-date=2009-11-17 }} Palin discusses the disagreements she had with her running mate John McCain's campaign advisers, criticizes the national media, and talks about the importance of religion and family life.Palin did not include an index at the back of the book. Indexes are standard fare in political books because "in Washington the real-life characters included in such books appreciate the ability to quickly check the back to find out where they're mentioned". {{cite news|url=http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/11/12/a-sneak-preview-of-going-rogue |title=A sneak preview of Going Rogue |first=Marjorie |last=Kehe |date=2009-11-12 |access-date=2009-11-20 |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100502163726/http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2009/1112/a-sneak-preview-of-going-rogue WebCite archive]

The "Going Rogue" part of the title refers to criticism leveled at Palin by McCain campaign advisers that she was straying from their carefully crafted message and publicly disagreeing with McCain on several issues.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2202658 |first=John |last=Dickerson |title=Palin's Campaign vs. McCain's: When Sarah Palin disagrees with John McCain, it means something. Or does it? |magazine=Slate |date=2008-10-20 |access-date=2009-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117133400/http://www.slate.com/id/2202658/ |archive-date=2009-11-17 }} The subtitle, "An American Life", mirrors the title of President Ronald Reagan's 1990 autobiography.{{cite web|url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2009/10/06/sarah-palin-memoir-going-rogue-american-life/ |title=Sarah Palin's new memoir: Gosh that subtitle sounds familiar |last=Geier |first=Thom |date=2009-10-06 |work=Shelf Life |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224003444/http://shelf-life.ew.com/2009/10/06/sarah-palin-memoir-going-rogue-american-life/ |archive-date=2009-12-24 }}

Palin ends the book by quoting her own father saying, "Sarah's not retreating, she's reloading.", suggesting she would return to public life.{{cite news |last1=Dreher |first1=Rod |title=A Conservative Read On Palin's 'Going Rogue' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120508053&t=1560795464260 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |work=NPR |date=November 17, 2009}}

Going Rogue was available for pre-order between $9 and $10 during a price war among online retailers Amazon, Target.com, and Walmart.com.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/books/21price.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=palin+rogue&st=nyt|title=In Book-Pricing Battle, How Low Can They Go?|last=Rich|first=Motoko|date=2009-10-20|newspaper=The New York Times}} Dan Calabrese, writing in the North Star National, called the sales "an absolutely unprecedented performance for a non-fiction book so far in advance of its release date".{{Cite journal |url=http://www.northstarnational.com/2009/09/30/tough-sell-palin-biggest-seller-ever-explain |first=Dan |last=Calabrese |publisher=North Star National |date=2009-09-30 |title='Tough sell' Palin the biggest seller ever? Allow me to explain |access-date=2009-11-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127102406/http://www.northstarnational.com/2009/09/30/tough-sell-palin-biggest-seller-ever-explain/ |archive-date=2010-01-27 }}

Less than two weeks after its release, sales of the book exceeded one million, putting it in a class with memoirs by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/print/main5851137.shtml |title=Sarah Palin Book Goes Platinum Former Vice Presidential Candidate's "Going Rogue" Joins the Ranks of Top Selling Political Memoirs by Obama and the Clintons |last=Associated Press |date=2009-12-01 |work=CBS News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105074623/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/print/main5851137.shtml |archive-date=2010-01-05 }}{{cite web|title=Sarah Palin Tops New York Times Best Seller list with 'Going Rogue'|url= http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/media/2009/12/9/sarah_palin_tops_new_york_times.htm|publisher=HispanicBusiness.com|date=2009-12-09}}{{cite web|title=Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue' sells 1 million. How does it stack up to Barack and Billary's books?|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/2009/12/sarah-palins-going-rogue-sells-1-million-how-does-it-stack-up-to-barack-and-billarys-books.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215043158/http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/2009/12/sarah-palins-going-rogue-sells-1-million-how-does-it-stack-up-to-barack-and-billarys-books.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2009|last=Reither|first=Andrea|work=The Dishrag|publisher=Zap2It Blog|date=2009-12-01}} The print run was extended to 2.8 million copies from 1.5 million. Going Rogue attained sales of over 2.7 million by December 1, 2009, and was number one on The New York Times Best Seller list for six consecutive weeks.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html|title=Hardcover Nonfiction|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2010-01-08}}

According to campaign records, late in 2009, Palin used $63,000 of donations from SarahPAC, her political action committee, to purchase copies of her book, "Going Rogue". The expenditures were listed as, "books for fundraising donor fulfillment". Meghan Stapleton, Palin's spokeswoman, stated the purchased books were autographed and awarded to donors contributing more than $100 to Palin's PAC.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/sarah-palin-pac-buy-book/story?id=9718024 |title=Sarah Palin Uses PAC to Buy Her Own Book |last=Mosk |first=Matthew |work=ABC News |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2010}}

A team of eleven reporters for the Associated Press challenged some of Palin's statements as factually incorrect, such as her assertions that she traveled frugally, avoided large campaign donors, was against the Wall Street bailouts of 2008, and entered politics for purely altruistic reasons. Their analysis concluded by speculating that the book was "a pre-campaign manifesto".{{cite news|title = Palin's book goes rogue on some facts|url = http://archive.salon.com/books/2009/11/14/us_palin_book_fact_check|first = Calvin|last = Woodward |author2=Matt Apuzzo |author3=Sharon Theimer |author4=Tom Raum |author5=Rita Beamish |author6=Beth Fouhy |author7=H. Josef Hebert |author8=Justin D. Pritchard |author9=Garance Burke |author10=Dan Joling |author11=Lewis Shain |date =2009-11-14|access-date = 2009-12-27|agency =Associated Press}} According to Fox News, an AP spokesman "confirmed 11 people worked on the story . . . but refused to say if similar number of journalists were assigned to review other political books, or if Palin has been treated differently".[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ap-turns-heads-for-devoting-11-reporters-to-palin-book-fact-check/ "AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check'"] By Robert Shaffer FOXNews.com November 18, 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-16. Fox also reported "The (AP) organization did not review for accuracy recent books by the late Senator Ted Kennedy, then-Senator Joe Biden, either book by Barack Obama released before he was president, or autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton." Conservative talk show host John Ziegler objected to the AP piece, saying that the AP is extremely biased and "badly missing the most important points of Sarah Palin's book".{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/john-ziegler-ap-blows-it-in-palin-book-analysis/|title=AP Blows it in Palin Book Analysis|last=Ziegler|first=John|date=2009-11-12|publisher=Mediaite}}

The Huffington Post had an article titled "The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue", including the failure to credit ghostwriter Vincent on the cover, Palin's statement about legal bills she incurred relating to ethics complaints, without disclosing that most of the bills resulted from complaints she filed as a tactic in connection with Troopergate; and her assertion that she had to pay $50,000 in fees to be vetted by the McCain campaign.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/the-first-ten-lies-from-e_b_356347.html|title=The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue |last=Dunn|first=Geoffrey|work=The Huffington Post|date=2009-11-13}}

Palin replied: "As is expected, the AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book".{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=174541533434 |title= Really? Still Making Things Up?|last=Palin|first=Sarah|date=2009-11-15|work=Sarah Palin's Notes|publisher=Facebook}}

Former McCain campaign aides "hit back", according to Politico, "calling the former vice presidential nominee's soon-to-be released book 'revisionist and self serving' 'fiction'."{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/11/mccain-camp-palin-account-all-fiction-029504|title=McCain camp: Palin account 'all fiction'|last=Barr|first=Andy|author2=Martin, Jonathan|date=2009-11-14|publisher=Politico}}

A representative for Katie Couric responded to the book's assertion that Couric had badgered Palin during their much-publicized 2008 interview by saying, "The interview speaks for itself".{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/16/sarah-palin-book-rep-for-alec-baldwin-and-katie-couric-responds-to-going-rogue/ |title=Sarah Palin Book: Rep for Alec Baldwin and Katie Couric Responds to 'Going Rogue' |last=Ward |first=Kate |date=2009-11-16 |publisher=Hollywood Insider |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120023554/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/16/sarah-palin-book-rep-for-alec-baldwin-and-katie-couric-responds-to-going-rogue/ |archive-date=2009-11-20 }}

The book received a variety of reviews.

;Positive reviews

Conservative radio talk show host John Ziegler{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/alaska-beat/162-november-16/2918-palin-pre-release-reviews|title=Palin pre-release reviews|last=Woodham|first=Scott|date=2009-11-16|publisher=Alaska Dispatch|access-date=2009-11-17|archive-date=2009-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129113720/http://www.alaskadispatch.com/alaska-beat/162-november-16/2918-palin-pre-release-reviews|url-status=dead}} praised Going Rogue as "the best book and greatest literary achievement by a political figure in my lifetime" and as showing honesty "the type of which can only come from someone incredibly courageous, grounded, and self-aware".{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/going-rogue-review-by-john-ziegler/|title=John Ziegler's Review of Going Rogue|last=Ziegler|first=John|date=2009-11-17|publisher=Mediaite}} Republican radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh called the book "truly one of the more substantive policy books I've read".{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/rogue/post/?q=OWZlOGM2OGU3NDljNDkzYTIzYWYzODU0YjRkYTEzM2I= |title=Limbaugh: 'Rogue' Is 'Truly One of the Most Substantive Policy Books I've Read' |last=Costa |first=Robert |date=2009-11-13 |magazine=National Review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118114631/http://www.nationalreview.com/rogue/post/?q=OWZlOGM2OGU3NDljNDkzYTIzYWYzODU0YjRkYTEzM2I= |archive-date=2009-11-18 }} Stanley Fish, writing for The New York Times Opinionator blog, explained that "while I wouldn't count myself a fan in the sense of being a supporter, I found [the book] compelling and very well done".{{cite news|url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/sarah-palin-is-coming-to-town/ |title=Sarah Palin Is Coming to Town |last=Fish|first=Stanley|date=2009-12-07|newspaper=The New York Times}}

;Mixed reviews

The Wall Street Journal{{'}}s Melanie Kirkpatrick described the book as "more a personal memoir than a political one", which demonstrated that Palin "is not the prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination". However, Kirkpatrick criticized the book as "too gentle" on the McCain campaign staffers and McCain himself, and as spending too little time discussing political issues. Critic Michiko Kakutani, writing for The New York Times, characterized Going Rogue as "part earnest autobiography, part payback hit job", noting that it was more critical of the McCain campaign than it was of Democrats. Kakutani credited the book with doing a "lively job of conveying the frontier feel of the 49th state".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/15book.html |title=Memoir Is Palin's Payback to McCain Campaign |last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|date=2009-11-14|newspaper=The New York Times}} Matthew Continetti of The Washington Post observed that Palin's book was "everything you'd expect from a politician who has no intention of leaving the national scene".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111603721.html|title=Will Sarah Palin's 'Rogue' tactics work? On the right: Unapologetic look at '08 race proves she's still a national contender|last=Continetti|first=Matthew|date=2009-11-16|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Entertainment Weekly gave the book a C, praising the first chapters about Palin's life as "down-to-earth and funny", while concluding that the rest of the memoir was mediocre and self-serving.{{cite magazine|url=http://shelf-life.ew.com/2009/11/17/sarah-palins-going-rogue-the-ew-review/|title=Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue': The EW Review|last=Jordan|first=Tina|date=2009-11-17|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

;Negative reviews

Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press said the book was "less the revealing autobiography of a straight-shooting maverick and more a lengthy campaign speech — more lipstick, less pit bull." Like other reviewers, Kennedy felt "Palin reserves most of her attacks for McCain's advisers."{{cite news|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/16/entertainment/e092820S77.DTL#ixzz0b17hAdBx|title=Review: Sarah Palin's memoir a mostly tame affair |last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=2009-11-16|agency=Associated Press | work=The San Francisco Chronicle}} Michael Carey of the Anchorage Daily News said "there is a big something missing from Palin's narrative: the voice of a leader".{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-carey18-2009nov18,0,2649191.story| title=Sarah Palin's lack of leadership shows in 'Going Rogue'|last=Carey|first=Michael|date=2009-11-18|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

The Huffington Post described the book as "one giant complaint about the conduct of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign".{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-t_n_357571.html |title=Sarah Palin "Going Rogue": Takes Aim at McCain Campaign|last=Stein|first=Sam|author2=Shapiro, Lila|date=2009-11-13|work=Huffington Post}} Thomas Frank, writing for The Wall Street Journal, panned the book: "This is the memoir as prolonged, keening wail, larded with petty vindictiveness".{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704782304574542051447849052|title=The Persecution of Sarah Palin Her memoir is full of vindictiveness and score-settling|last=Frank|first=Thomas|date=2009-11-17|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} Newsweek senior editor Michael Hirsh said that "she seems to be mainly out for repudiation of her critics here, and what you see is a lot of self-involvement" and that the book would "help her with her base...I don't know if it helps at all with what she would need to actually be elected president".{{cite news

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Palin was interviewed in rapid succession by Oprah Winfrey,{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/10/sarah-palin-will-dish-on-oprah.html|title=Sarah Palin will dish on Oprah|last=Fernandez|first=Maria Elena|date=2009-11-16|work=Show Tracker|publisher=Los Angeles Times}} Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly, with U.S. News & World Report speculating that the interviews and book tour would be "strewn with land mines".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2009/11/16/dos-and-donts-for-sarah-palins-book-tour.html|title=Do's and Don'ts for Sarah Palin's Book Tour|last=Walsh|first=Kenneth T.|date=2009-11-16|magazine=US News}} Palin began a three-week national book tour that focused on small and mid-size towns; 11 of the states she visited were considered political battlegrounds for the 2012 presidential election.{{cite web |url=http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11504709 |title='Going Rogue' defies conventional wisdom about Sarah Palin |last=Tipton |first=Tori |author2=Palsha, Rebecca |date=2009-11-13 |publisher=KTUU |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071252/http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=11504709 |archive-date=2009-11-19 }} Large crowds turned out to greet Palin and get their books autographed. Palin spent as long as three hours at some venues.{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015471-58.stm|title=Palin fans turn out in droves for autograph session|last=O'Toole|first=James|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2009-11-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_ad677780-e483-11de-8f2a-001cc4c03286.html|title=Fans meet Palin, get coveted autograph in the book|last=Lutey|first=Tom|date=2009-12-08|newspaper=Billings Gazette}} ABC News characterized her bus book tour as "extraordinarily successful" but suggested she might be criticized for taking a private jet provided by the publisher for long legs of the journey.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/sarah-palin-bus-tour-features-travel-private-plane/story?id=9211087&page=1|title=Sarah Palin Uses Private Jet Between Stops on Cross-Country Bus Tour to Promote Book|last=Wright|first=David|author2=Sheila Evans|author3=Andrew Miller|date=2009-12-01|publisher=ABC News, Good Morning America|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050455/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/sarah-palin-bus-tour-features-travel-private-plane/story?id=9211087&page=1|archive-date=2016-03-04}}

In addition to the book tour, a web-based campaign directed ads for the book to people searching for Palin's name on Google. Palin also used her Facebook page to promote her book.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125813907900447449?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories|title=Palin's Book Tour Builds on Effective Web Strategy |last=Wallsten|first=Peter|date=2009-11-14|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}

Going Rogue has inspired a number of parodies and satirical interpretations. Roy Edroso of the Village Voice "reviewed" the book by writing fake excerpts.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/11/exclusive_6_hot.php |title=Exclusive: 6 Hot Excerpts from Sarah Palin's Going Rogue! |last=Edros |first=Roy |date=2009-11-12 |newspaper=Village Voice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115081237/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/11/exclusive_6_hot.php |archive-date=2009-11-15 }} TA Frank of The Guardian similarly parodied the contents with a faux first draft, complete with fake notes between Palin and her editors.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-book |title=Sarah Palin's Going Rogue – uncut |last=Frank |first=TA |publisher=Guardian UK |date=2009-11-15 |location=London }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20091118213618/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-book WebCite archive] Cartoonist Julie Sigwart and radio host Michael Stinson released a 48-page spoof Going Rouge: The Sarah Palin Rogue Coloring & Activity Book, on the same day that Palin's Going Rogue appeared on the shelves.{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/11/going_rouge_--_the_sarah_palin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929111319/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/11/going_rouge_--_the_sarah_palin.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-29 |title=Going Rouge': The Sarah Palin coloring book |last=Lowman |first=Stephen |date=2009-11-06 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}

South Park featured a parody of the book in the episode Dances with Smurfs called, Going Rogue on the Smurfs.{{cite web |url=http://tv.spreadit.org/south-park-season-13-episode-13-watch-dances-with-smurfs-online-s13e13/ |title=South Park Season 13 Episode 13:Watch Dances With Smurfs Online |publisher=TV.SpreadIt.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114144000/http://tv.spreadit.org/south-park-season-13-episode-13-watch-dances-with-smurfs-online-s13e13/ |archive-date=2009-11-14 }}

The book Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare, was a collection of essays compiled by The Nation criticizing Palin. The cover image was a parody of Palin's book, and was nearly identical. This resulted in news sources, including CNN and Fox News, confusing The Nation's book with Palin's.

The book and its surrounding promotion were mentioned on late night comedy shows, including the Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live!{{cite web |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Funnies/funnies-oprah-palin-hunting/story?id=9084390 |title=Funnies: Oprah and Palin Go Hunting |date=2009-11-15 |work=ABC News |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217112648/http://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Funnies/funnies-oprah-palin-hunting/story?id=9084390 |archive-date=2009-12-17 }} David Letterman had a recurring segment, "Things More Enjoyable than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir", including such things as "getting run over by a lawnmower" and "driving into a tree".{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/lettermans-things-more-fu_n_318343.html|title= Letterman's 'Things More Fun Than Reading The Sarah Palin Memoir'|last=Leo|first=Alex|date=2009-10-13|work=Huffington Post}} On December 11, 2009, William Shatner read excerpts from the book on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien followed by Palin reading excerpts from Shatner's autobiography, Up Till Now.{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2009/12/sarah_palin_makes_surprise_app.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214155309/http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2009/12/sarah_palin_makes_surprise_app.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-12-14 |title=Palin makes surprise appearance on 'Tonight Show' |date=2009-12-11 |agency=Associated Press }}

Palin published a second book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, in November 2010.{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-05-11-sarah-palin_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=Sarah Palin's book, 'America By Heart,' out Nov. 23 | date=2010-05-12 | first=Hillel | last=Italie}}

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• [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/36341/Sarah_Palin/index.aspx Sarah Palin page at HarperCollins Publishers]
• {{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1939830,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120175146/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1939830,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2009|title=Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: The Early Reviews Are In|last=James|first=Randy|date=2009-11-17|magazine=Time}}
• [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23532 Sarah and Her Tribe] Jonathan Raban review of Going Rogue from The New York Review of Books
• [https://www.amazon.com/Going-Rogue-American-Sarah-Palin/dp/0061939897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362806515&sr=1-1&keywords=Going+Rogue Amazon.com's book reviews and description]
• [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/going-rogue-sarah-palin/1100151815?ean=9780061939891 Barnes & Noble's editorial reviews and overview]
• [http://archive.ontheissues.org/Going_Rogue.htm OnTheIssues.org's book review and excerpts]

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