Florida Senator's Book Not Exactly A Best Seller

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) - Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos may want to keep his day job.

Known in Tallahassee as a dealmaker, his skills as an author and historian are apparently in far less demand.

Brevard Community College officials said Monday that a book titled "Florida Legislative History and Processes" which Haridopolos wrote several years ago had sold only 70 copies.

The school paid the lawmaker $152,000 for the book in a deal where it would receive 70 percent of the profit; a total of $487.90 to date.

The book is available only in electronic form. Haridopolos formerly taught history at the Melbourne-based school.

Haridopolos is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. He also receives $75,000 from the University of Florida for leading an internship program.

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