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AlanFromWichita
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Gee, with technology these days, it doesn’t take long to exploit criminal activity. Only a few years ago, people would actually speculate about book deals for a few weeks, months, or years before it was announced. Of course, when the news was hot anybody who mentioned a possible book deal would be labeled as a bigot – just trying to claim there is a profit motive in what actually is a wholesome activity.
This wants to make me puke. I have zero doubt this thing will become a bestseller like the article predicts. This will pay for a nice legacy for this old man who didn’t mind using his position to give away secrets we paid him to keep, to the newspapers.
Alan
Excerpt from today’s USA Today (read whole story here):
NEW YORK — The Secret Man, Bob Woodward’s book about “Deep Throat,” his key source during the Watergate scandal, will be released next month, his publisher announced Thursday.
Another possible book is being shopped around by an agent for Deep Throat himself — W. Mark Felt. “I’ll arrange to write a book or something and collect all the money I can,” the former FBI official told reporters Wednesday outside his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Related item: Woodward met ‘Deep Throat’ well before Watergate)
Vanity Fair magazine revealed Felt’s identity Tuesday, prompting Simon & Schuster to rush Woodward’s book into print. It will describe how Felt became Woodward’s legendary secret source. His guidance was critical for The Washington Post’s coverage of Watergate, which brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974.
The Secret Man, priced at $23, will be “relatively short,” says Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Virginia Meyer. The final number of pages hasn’t been determined.
Woodward, who promised to protect Deep Throat’s identity until he died, has been working on the book for some time. Vanity Fair says Woodward turned down Felt’s proposal to collaborate on a book.
Simon & Schuster Publisher David Rosenthal said in a statement that Woodward’s book “will be the true final piece of the Watergate puzzle.”
“No doubt it will be a best seller,” says Jamie Raab, publisher of Warner Books, “but it may not answer all the questions.”
Won’t answer all the questions. Right, for three reasons; one is that is isn’t intended to answer them, next is they need to get the book out before they even find all the questions so it will hit the stands while everyone is still paying attention to it. Third, it leaves room for sequels and endless related books.
Beam me up, Scotty! We’ve once again heralded our criminals and made their families and accomplices wealthy!
This wants to make me puke. I have zero doubt this thing will become a bestseller like the article predicts. This will pay for a nice legacy for this old man who didn’t mind using his position to give away secrets we paid him to keep, to the newspapers.
Alan
Excerpt from today’s USA Today (read whole story here):
NEW YORK — The Secret Man, Bob Woodward’s book about “Deep Throat,” his key source during the Watergate scandal, will be released next month, his publisher announced Thursday.
Another possible book is being shopped around by an agent for Deep Throat himself — W. Mark Felt. “I’ll arrange to write a book or something and collect all the money I can,” the former FBI official told reporters Wednesday outside his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Related item: Woodward met ‘Deep Throat’ well before Watergate)
Vanity Fair magazine revealed Felt’s identity Tuesday, prompting Simon & Schuster to rush Woodward’s book into print. It will describe how Felt became Woodward’s legendary secret source. His guidance was critical for The Washington Post’s coverage of Watergate, which brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974.
The Secret Man, priced at $23, will be “relatively short,” says Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Virginia Meyer. The final number of pages hasn’t been determined.
Woodward, who promised to protect Deep Throat’s identity until he died, has been working on the book for some time. Vanity Fair says Woodward turned down Felt’s proposal to collaborate on a book.
Simon & Schuster Publisher David Rosenthal said in a statement that Woodward’s book “will be the true final piece of the Watergate puzzle.”
“No doubt it will be a best seller,” says Jamie Raab, publisher of Warner Books, “but it may not answer all the questions.”
Won’t answer all the questions. Right, for three reasons; one is that is isn’t intended to answer them, next is they need to get the book out before they even find all the questions so it will hit the stands while everyone is still paying attention to it. Third, it leaves room for sequels and endless related books.
Beam me up, Scotty! We’ve once again heralded our criminals and made their families and accomplices wealthy!
