An estimated 70 million viewers watched all or some of the first TV interview with Ms Monica Lewinsky, which ABC claims makes it "the most-watched news programme ever". Her book, Monica's Story, which went on sale yesterday, is also expected to sell well.
But there are also signs of "Monica fatigue" with many Americans saying they do not want to hear any more about her affair with President Clinton.
Ms Lewinsky's strong criticism in the book of the Independent Counsel, Mr Ken Starr, could yet get her into more trouble with him. Under Ms Lewinsky's immunity agreement with Mr Starr, he prevented her from speaking about her experiences with his office during her TV interview but her book, written by Andrew Morton, did not come under the same restrictions.
In the book, Ms Lewinsky accuses Mr Starr of secretly worked with lawyers for Ms Paula Jones to try and trap President Clinton into denying his affair with Ms Lewinsky. She told Mr Morton that she still dreads that Mr Starr will at any moment "revoke her immunity and send her to jail".
The Washington Post reported yesterday that Mr Starr's office is "angry at her harsh criticism". Mr Starr may have threatened to cancel her planned interview with Time "according to a magazine source."
Ms Lewinsky told Mr Morton that when the Starr report was published with its salacious details of her encounters with President Clinton off the Oval Office, she "felt raped" and that "the world looked at me as a whore."
"It confirmed to me even more that no-one cared for me as a person, no-one saw me as a human being. I was just a pawn used to get the President," she said.
The book, priced at $24.95, is number one on the best-seller list of the on-line Amazon.com website, and the US publisher has shipped 450,000 copies to bookshops.