Mediagazer: Sources: Tucker Carlson signs two-book deal worth $9M with Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions (Ian Mohr/Page Six)

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Ian Mohr / Page Six:

Sources: Tucker Carlson signs two-book deal worth $9M with Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions — The book world's buzzing that Tucker Carlson has inked a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions worth $9 million, sources tell Page Six.

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