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What...maybe call LE the minute the child is missing?
Look I feel for CA and GA as for as loosing their grandaughter, I could not even imagine, but to get advise on missing children...the only advise they could give is..."DON'T DO WHAT WE DID" end of story:bang:
Never in a million years would I buy this book.
The publishing company needs to be contacted by everyone who believes this book is just a way for these people to profit off a little girl's murder. Like what happened to Lifetime when they wanted to pay the A's for a movie.
As a former editor, I can tell you that any petitions would be an indicator that interest exists. It isn't like TV, where people can put pressure on sponsors. If the book causes outcry, it sells. If the book is really a problem, the editor would be fired, but the book would be remain because it would sell and all the media rights would sell with it, and because publishers could then make more off it by having other experts write about it. Telling a publisher what you won't buy is not nearly as effective as telling a publisher what you WILL buy. What would work better , perhaps, is to ask publishers find a reputable source to write a book about the case.
The leading trade book publishers, in this order:
Random House (Markus Dohle is the new head)
Simon & Schuster
HarperCollins
What about this for a title????
"If I had a Hammer..."
Well, it worked for the O.J. Simpson book,"If I Did It":
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230838,00.html
Well, it sort of worked. The book was published under a different contract, with Dominick Dunne, and with the Goldmans benefiting. Also, that book had a co-branded tv special with sponsors putting pressure. Even the link you posted says "a book's removal simply for objectionable content is virtually unheard of."
Publishing is not broadcasting. It is very, very different field and has very, very different objectives. A broadcaster has limited space to fill and a huge audience. They can't afford niche focus. Books can be given a small run marketed to a limited audience, and publishers can redeem themselves by publishing multiple views on the same topic.
Protesting/petitioning against a book by the A's will guarantee that it gets published and marketed. However, petitioning for a book with a reputable writer (such as Dominick Dunne) would serve those purposes better. I can tell you this: if any publisher knew that there was a Truman Capote-level writer interested in writing about this case, book agents would offer a million reasons not to go with the A's and to go with their clients instead.
The A's have confirmed they will write a book. No deal is in the works yet, it will not be a tell all, but will focus on what families should do if their child is missing....:no: