Jan 28 2008
Sadly what could have provided salacious gossip in the publishing world for months is put to bed. Judith Regan and HarperCollins have put away their litigation swords for an undisclosed sum of money and a sort of apology. “After carefully considering the matter, we accept Ms. Regan’s position that she did not say anything that(…)
Jan 7 2008
Jose Conseco’s next book tentatively titled, Vindicated, has lost its ghostwriter/editor. Don Yaeger, a former Sports Illustrated writer, has passed on the project believing that there isn’t enough there to form a book. Conseco’s first book, Juiced published by Judith Regan of the former Regan Books imprint, set off a firestorm within baseball when Conseco(…)
Nov 14 2007
The book world is abuzzing with the complaint filed by Judith Regan, former head of Regan Publishing, a division of HarperCollins. No one can deny that Regan was a success. In her complaint, she alleges that she generated over $1B in sales. Fifteen of Regan’s books were NYT Bestsellers with five of them being in(…)
Aug 15 2007
Beaufort Books has the print and distribution rights to the semi fictional autobiography by OJ Simpson entitled, If I Did It. The Goldman family agreed to a deal for an undisclosed sum with Beaufort a few days ago. Beaufort would be considered a Vanity Press by some since it publishes books that require monetary investment(…)
Aug 7 2007
The Goldman’s were awarded the rights to OJ Simpson’s fictional biopic entitled “If I Did It.” Judith Regan had originally bought the book, hired the ghostwriter, and then got axed for the bad business decision of trying to publish it. Now the Goldman’s are shopping it around again, and I’m certain some publisher will pick(…)
Mar 14 2007
The right to publish If I Did It by OJ Simpson will be auctioned publicly and the proceeds will go directly to the Ronald L. Goldman family. If a publishing house does not buy the rights, Goldman’s family “will buy it and lock it up” according to the New York Times report. Via Shelf Awareness.(…)
Jan 29 2007
There is a fascinating article at New York Magazine about Judith Regan and how she became to be the fall person for the OJ Simpson debacle. The author, Vanessa Grigoriadis, seems to have some personal connection with Regan and admits to finding her likeable. The article provides interesting backstory to Regan’s career and suggests that(…)
Jan 17 2007
HarperCollins announced that its Regan Books imprint will be eliminated. As of March 1, 2007, all Regan books will display the HC logo. Via Media Bistro. Send to Kindle
Jan 2 2007
Even after HarperCollins officially pulled the plug on the OJ Simpson fabled tell all, If I Did It, and all 400,000 copies (except the stolen ones and ones inadvertentlys shipped) are slated to be destroyed, TIME reports that OJ will be getting the rights to this story sometime in 2007. European publishers are said to(…)
Dec 20 2006
According to Variety, Judith Regan, who was fired on Friday night of last week, is filing a suit seeking at least, the balance of compensation owed under her contract. Via Media Bistro. If you missed it, Monday opened with swirling allegations that Regan was fired for anti-semitic remarks. Send to Kindle
Dec 16 2006
HarperCollins announced that Judith Regan was fired. I don’t know if it was because of the OJ book or because of the perverse fictionalized reality memoir of Mickey Mantle that she planned to publish. The Mantle book was described as Two media insiders who have read the galley, each of whom asked not to be(…)
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