Yale Law Prof Jed Rubenfeld "has recently received a whopping seven-figure sum for the sale of his first novel [The Interpretation of Murder]. He refuses to confirm the exact figure, but it is thought to be a US record." According to this press report:
His last book – Revolution by Judiciary: The Structure of American Constitutional Law – sold all of six copies when it came out last year. "And four of those were bought by members of my family!" Nonetheless, he has been described as "the most elegant legal writer of his generation," and his first academic tome, 2001’s Freedom in Time: A Theory of Constitutional Self-Government, was acclaimed.
(Hat Tip: JD2B.)
