Smatterings
November 21st, 2006 by Kathleen Bolton
Tidbits from the wacky world of publishing.
What if someone gave you an $8 million advance for a followup effort to a surprise best-seller debut? Would you rise to the challenge, or choke? Charles Frazer’s new book, THIRTEEN MOONS has sold only 100,000 copies since its release late this summer, and mixed reviews have torpedoed sales. I don’t know how anyone could have lived up to those expectations.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined, without comment, to hear arguments between DAVINICI CODE author Dan Brown and Lewis Perdue, who claimed Brown plagiarized the plot from his novel DAUGHTER OF GOD.
I don’t even know what to say about O.J. Simpson penning a book about hypothetically murdering his wife Nicole except to be creeped out and saddened for his children, and wonder why the gurus over at HarperCollins didn’t put the kibosh on Judith Regan’s jackal’s feast when the deal was being made. At least O.J. won’t realize any profits from it. HarperCollins will probably make a . . . you fill in the blank. UPDATE: saner heads have prevailed and the whole sordid project is scrapped.
Courtney Love has a book out, too. DIRTY BLONDE: THE DIARIES OF COURTNEY LOVE will probably be as fascinatingly repellant as O.J.’s faux confessional. Just in time for the holidays.
Thank goodness OJ’s book deal was scrapped. I’m glad saner heads prevailed on this decision.
on the other hand, i liked the fact that his ‘confession’ will be in writing. forever. he could never have lived the revelations down. but, to be honest, i never would have watched the interview or read the book. they wouldn’t earn one dime from me at any rate.
The whole thing was so unpalatable, such a disgusting notion to begin with, that even America’s gutter-swilling culture couldn’t handle it. I only hope the Goldmans are able to keep him from profiting from this.
Can you imagine what his children must be going through? Jeebus.
it’s all about the money. he could still sell his book to some shabby publisher. also, re courtney love’s book, she got a review in the nytimes book review! now, that i don’t get either
I’m all for people making morons of themselves in public for the entertainment of others–go for it, Courtney!–but this OJ thing is just revolting. Money indeed makes people lose their moral compasses. Not that he had much in there to begin with.