2008 was an especially intense period in Sarah Palin's entry into the american consciousness. You betcha. She went from being governor of Alaska where she was relatively unknown to bursting onto the national stage when John McCain selected her as his vice-presidential nominee and running mate.
While the results were mixed, Sarah Palin leveraged her notoriety to maintain high profile in the national media, and this led to many books and media coverage from 2008 onward. Perhaps a better question is: what books were written about Sarah Palin before 2008?
In any case the following books about Sarah Palin and Magazines about Sarah Palin and the Sarah Palin persona were published in 2008: