Actually I can go along with Judith Regan's reasoning behind why she published the OJ book, under her Regan Books mark, a sub of HarperCollins. What I don't know is this third party stuff about money. Did she get duped? Or does the money actually go to the family?
Reading her reasons in a recent newspaper article basically is this: Judith Regan says, "I was abused by a maniac husband. I want people to know what sort of man does this. And this book spells it out." That is a sound bite to the actual article/interview, but you get the point.
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What I don't know is this third party stuff about money. Did she get duped? Or does the money actually go to the family?
Doesn't matter Phil. First, she was not duped. She was well aware of what she was doing, and had a meeting with the head of HarperCollins about the book. They both ran with the project. Her 'I was abused' excuse doesn't wash. Second, the family has made it very plain they have no wish to MAKE money on the sales of books written by the guy who 'allegedly' hacked their family members to death...so the point is moot.
Regan, as publisher, will make MORE than the families for each book sale, so unless she is planning to donate her own share to the families, then she is business-as-usual. (She currently is NOT planning to do this, by the way.) As our post notes at the AB blog, she stands to make millions.
Oh, well, there goes my Nixon library. Or wasn't he the one that said I'm no crook? Yeah, that was him! Okay, on second thought, I'll keep the Nixon books.
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