Since the beginning of the campaign, Malia has been seen snapping away with her digital camera:

For the last few days, the oldest daughter of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle has been photographed taking her own pics of family and friends. She even snapped away with a digital camera during her dad’s inauguration ceremony.

While we highly doubt the first family is putting the pics on the market, it did get us wondering about just how much those very behind-the-scenes pics could go for.

A full-color book would definitely pique publisher’s interests. “The questions publishers would ask would be: Would she write a forward? Because it would need some text, and Would she do publicity?” a senior editor at a major New York publishing house says. “If the answer was yes to both, then there would be a major bidding war…It has every reason to be a best-seller, especially among kids.”

Besides, a relationship with the 10-year-old first daughter could lead to much-coveted ties to the White House. “Publishers would be looking at the future,” the editor said. “There will be a lot of books coming from this administration.”

David Hauslaib of media-centric blog Jossip thinks Malia’s family shots showing them “holding hands, kissing, laughing, whispering” could probably fetch about $250,000 from outlets like People or any number of entertainment or morning television shows. “But regular shots of her dad, mom, sister or grandmother that are not intimate wouldn’t be very useful, and would drag the price down to the low five-figures.”

Of course, Malia could be taking some video, too. We all know how much her dad loves YouTube. Hauslaib estimates that footage that includes audio of the first family talking to each other would also go for $250,000.

“Of course,” Hauslaib says, “the Obama parents would never sell this footage, which means the price is actually invaluable.”

Perhaps they’d do it for charity. Says the editor in NYC, “A book would go for six figures, especially if there was a charity element.”

Sounds like it could be the perfect book pick for-who else?-first friend Oprah Winfrey.

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It’s good to know that the girls will continue to be raised with the same values now that Barack has won:

Barack Obama says his daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, will have chores at the White House — including picking up after their new pup.

They’ll “scoop the poop,” he told Barbara Walters in a 20/20 interview Wednesday. “We’ve been talking to them about that. We don’t want litter on the White House lawns. They’re going to have to do their job.”

Look back at famous first children.

(Incidentally, they still haven’t settled on a dog. Walters suggested one like her Havanese named Cha Cha, but the president-elect said it sounded like a “little yappy dog” and seems a little “girly.” Michelle Obama then chimed in, “We’re girls, we have a house full of girls!” He said the family would “have a big, rambunctious dog of some sort.”)

See photos of stars’ adorable dogs!

Chores will be important, Michelle went on.

“That was the first thing I said to some of the staff when I did my visit,” she said. “I said, ‘You know, we’re going to have to set up some boundaries,’ because they’re going to need to be able to make their beds, and clean up.”

See Obama’s “Just Like Us” photos.

The Obama girls wil be attending the prestigious Sidwell Friends School, which counts Chelsea Clinton as an alum.

Barack said Malia wants to do her homework at the desk in the Lincoln bedroom.

He said his daughter told him “I’m going to sit at that desk, because I’m thinking that will inspire big thoughts.”

Barack — who will be sworn in on Jan. 20 — said he wants to make the White House “green.”

“Part of what I want to do is to show the American people that it’s not that hard,” added Barack, who plans to sit down with the chief usher for the presidential mansion and do an evaluation of its energy efficiency.
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Obama said he won’t be obsessive about tiptoeing around at night, turning off the lights.

“But I do that in my current house,” he added, “and there’s no reason why I wouldn’t do it in my next one.”

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