Editing Victoria Beckham (section)

==Books==
On 13 September 2001, Beckham released her first book, ''Learning to Fly''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Learning to Fly |id= {{ASIN|0718144910|country=uk}} }}</ref> The title was taken from a line in a song from the musical ''[[Fame (musical)|Fame]]'', which Beckham had enjoyed as a child. The verse that inspired the title was: "I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1549930,00.html |title=I've never read a book, says Posh |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 August 2005 |access-date=22 December 2007 |location=London |first=Sam |last=Jones |archive-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125214900/http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1549930,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The autobiography documents her childhood, time during the Spice Girls, her marriage and family life, as well as her career at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article987761.ece |title=Posh Spice to publish life story |work=[[The Times]] |date=12 October 2000 |access-date=21 December 2007 |location=London |first=Sadie |last=Gray |archive-date=6 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906201752/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article987761.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

''Learning to Fly'' became the third best-selling non-fiction title of 2001 and the total UK sales stand at more than 500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2584179.ece |title=Tough-love diet book in the spotlight after plug from Victoria Beckham |work=[[The Independent]] |date=27 May 2007 |access-date=15 July 2007 |location=London |first=Emily |last=Dugan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622115007/http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2584179.ece |archive-date=22 June 2007 }}</ref> When the book was first released, it went to Number 1 in the book charts after four weeks of release, relegating [[Robbie Williams]]' book to second place.<ref name="book">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1581507.stm |title=Posh Spice tops book chart |work=BBC News |date=5 October 2001 |access-date=18 December 2007 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111113346/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1581507.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> A high-profile guest appearance on ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'', watched by nine million people, helped to promote the book.<ref name="book"/> ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'', ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' joined to buy the rights to preview and serialise the book before its publication. The figure paid was thought to be near £1&nbsp;million.<ref name="breaks"/>

Beckham was quoted by a Spanish journalist in 2005 as saying: "I've never read a book in my life".<ref>{{cite news|last=Ford Rojas |first=John-Paul |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article306273.ece |title=I've never read a book in my life, admits Victoria Beckham |work=[[The Independent]] |date=16 August 2005 |access-date=24 April 2007 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020001353/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article306273.ece |archive-date=20 October 2006 }}</ref> She later explained this was a mistranslation from the original Spanish in which the interview was printed, saying she actually stated that she never had time to finish reading a book because she was always too busy looking after her children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7L&entry_id=576 |title=Beckham Reads First Chapter |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=24 April 2007 |date=31 August 2005 |archive-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103180903/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7L&entry_id=576 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Beckham's second book, a fashion advice guide titled ''That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between'', was published on 27 October 2006.<ref name="between">{{cite book|title=That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between |id= {{ASIN|0718149912|country=uk}} }}</ref> ''That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between'' includes tips from Beckham on fashion, style and beauty,<ref name="between"/> and also contains photography by [[Mario Testino]], [[Annie Leibovitz]] and [[Steven Meisel]]. The book became another best-seller,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article663442.ece |title=The Sunday Times Bestsellers |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=17 December 2006 |access-date=29 December 2007 |location=London |first=Sadie |last=Gray |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327170023/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has sold 400,000 copies in Britain alone since it was published in hardcover.<ref name="chinease">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN0442228520070904 |title=Chinese get new fashion guru: Victoria Beckham |work=[[Reuters]] |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=1 January 2008 |archive-date=3 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303205438/http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN0442228520070904 |url-status=live }}</ref> The rights have since been sold to the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal, [[Lithuania]], Russia, and, most recently, China.<ref name="chinease"/>