Laura Bush might get as much as an advance on her forthcoming memoir as Sen. Hillary Clinton — a whopping $8 million.

Laura Bush confirmed to the AP that she is planning to write a memoir and has met with publishers. Some estimates say her book could rake in as much as an $8 million advance – what Clinton, D-NY, earned with her memoir, Living History.

"I’ve been talking to some publishers, but nothing has happened yet — just a few visits," she told the AP when discussing her forthcoming special about the White House on the History channel.

If history is any indication, Bush’s book should be a big hit. Traditionally, First Lady books do very well once they leave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – they have big commercial appeal.

Barbara Bush’s, Barbara Bush: A Memoir tells of her experiences through 25 years of public life, being a young bride to a future president, and losing a child. Although that book did very well, Clinton’s book sales were more than double that. Clinton tripled the sales of Nancy Reagan’s bestselling memoir, My Turn, in which that former First Lady detailed disagreements with various people, and rebutted the criticism about her in the media.

Bush, a self-professed book lover who has launched several national reading initiatives, is already an author. The former librarian co-wrote the children’s book, Read All About It! with her daughter, Jenna. It was published last spring by HarperCollins.

But don’t expect it to be a scathing criticism of anyone or anything – à la Nancy Reagan in My Turn – Bush is too proper and polite for that.