Clinton signs on at book blitz launch

LATE as always, but still greeted by cheers and screams of “Bill, we love you,” former US President Clinton opened the year’s hottest book tour with a marathon signing at a midtown Manhattan Barnes & Noble.

"I'm glad it's finally happening," Clinton, who received a reported $10 million advance, told reporters Tuesday before settling behind a desk stacked with, and surrounded by, copies of his book. "I've been living with this for two years."

Mr Clinton's memoir was officially released throughout the United States Tuesday with a first printing of 1.5 million, and fans stayed up late, got up early and took time out of their lunch breaks to buy it.