So much for integrity in publishing.
Eric Kampmann, President of Beaufort Books said late yesterday that it will publish O.J. Simpson’s “If I Did It” after acquiring the rights to the controversial title. The Goldmans, the Publisher, and literary agent Sharlene Martin will presumably all contribute portions of sales proceeds to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice.
The book is a supposedly hypothetical account of how Simpson, a former football star, might have murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman in 1994. It was originally backed by editor Judith Regan and scheduled for publication last November by News Corp.’s HarperCollins.
Following a public outcry, publication was canceled, the printed books were destroyed, Regan was fired and her ReganBooks imprint was dropped by HarperCollins.
See also the Publishers Weekly article on the same title.
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