Pre-Orders Surge for O.J. Simpson Book

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NEW YORK (AP) - A week ago, Barnes & Noble, Inc., announced it would not keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson’s “If I Did It” in its stores, saying the book was not expected to sell well.

Since then, the book has jumped into the top 50 on the superstore’s online site, Barnes & Noble.com, and ranked No. 48 as of Sunday night. Barnes & Noble has not changed its mind.
“We still have no plans to stock it in our stores,” spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating told The Associated Press on Sunday. The book, coming out this fall, can be purchased through Barnes & Noble.com, or by special order at a Barnes & Noble store.

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gilliam said:
NEW YORK (AP) - A week ago, Barnes & Noble, Inc., announced it would not keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson’s “If I Did It” in its stores, saying the book was not expected to sell well.

Since then, the book has jumped into the top 50 on the superstore’s online site, Barnes & Noble.com, and ranked No. 48 as of Sunday night. Barnes & Noble has not changed its mind.
“We still have no plans to stock it in our stores,” spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating told The Associated Press on Sunday. The book, coming out this fall, can be purchased through Barnes & Noble.com, or by special order at a Barnes & Noble store.

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I don’t know why the Goldman’s would want this thing published. It seems to me that if it were my son, I’d do anything to keep it from selling.
 
The Goldmans have a judgement against Simpson – therefore any time he makes money, they get most of it.

I agree this is a sickening way to get what was ajudicated, but at least they do get paid.
 
Personally, I don’t think the Goldmans are in it for the money. I hear the Goldmans are going write an introduction to the book, so that people will understand their position and why the book is being published. I’d like to think that it brings some closure and justice to the families of the dead. As for the money, as long as Simpson doesn’t get it, I guess that’s kind of like a punishment in and of itself.
 
here is an upside: when we die, we all meet God face to face. no one escapes God’s judgement. no one.
 
catechumen08 said:
Personally, I don’t think the Goldmans are in it for the money. I hear the Goldmans are going write an introduction to the book, so that people will understand their position and why the book is being published. I’d like to think that it brings some closure and justice to the families of the dead. As for the money, as long as Simpson doesn’t get it, I guess that’s kind of like a punishment in and of itself.
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Honestly i am having a hard time with the Goldman’s. There is no reason except for money to publish this book and money can not bring their son back. i don’t see how it can bring closure to them because everytime this is brought up it has got to be emotional hard to see the man who you hold responsible for the death of your son on TV.
 
TraditionalCath said:
here is an upside: when we die, we all meet God face to face. no one escapes God’s judgement. no one.
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I agree. And I wish when I used “quote” in this forum it would quote your entire post including the part of your signature which says “Jesus I trust in You”.

Maybe the jurors in Los Angeles got it wrong about OJ, but Jesus won’t. I may have once wished for justice here on earth for the crime that seems to be apparent to so many people, but what was termed by the jury as “not guilty”. I had to give up that wish. But that’s OK, as long as you take the “eternal” view.

How fortunate we are to have Jesus. He will sort everything out. We don’t have to worry about earthly justice, even if we believe such justice arrives at the wrong conclusion. We don’t have to worry about earthly justice because we have the certainty that Jesus knows the truth.

Jesus, I trust in You!
 
beckers said:
Honestly i am having a hard time with the Goldman’s. There is no reason except for money to publish this book and money can not bring their son back. i don’t see how it can bring closure to them because everytime this is brought up it has got to be emotional hard to see the man who you hold responsible for the death of your son on TV.
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While it’s true that it may hurt them every time this is brought up, but the truth hurts sometimes, and they may feel that it needs to be told. Besides, it must be giving them some kind of satisfaction that Simpson is not going to see a single penny from the book he wrote.

The media will need to learn to grow up and not glorify criminals, though.
 
catechumen08 said:
While it’s true that it may hurt them every time this is brought up, but the truth hurts sometimes, and they may feel that it needs to be told. Besides, it must be giving them some kind of satisfaction that Simpson is not going to see a single penny from the book he wrote.

The media will need to learn to grow up and not glorify criminals, though.
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Media to grow up? Ha…that ain’t going to happen any time soon. Have you seen Nancy Grace’s TV Show? A caller actaully had to call in a ask “why are we all jumping to conculsion on linsday lohan. She hasn’t even been chraged yet and you are talking about her being guilty. I thought in America you are innocent until proven guilty?” You should have seen Nancy backtracking. I think she would have learned after being sued for a wrongful death in jumping to a conclusion.
 
I used to work at a bookstore part time and was thinking about going back for the Christmas season. Luckily, I don’t have to this year (love the work - hate the standing). If I had to touch that book, I think I would feel sick.

Anyway, as several of the posters mentioned, God will be the ultimate judge.
 
Adonis33 said:
I don’t know why the Goldman’s would want this thing published. It seems to me that if it were my son, I’d do anything to keep it from selling.
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Well it appears they do now:

Goldman Family appears on “Oprah”
By TARA BURGHART
Associated Press Writer
…CHICAGO (AP) – The father and sister of Ronald Goldman say by seizing control of the O.J. Simpson book, “If I Did It,” they are punishing the man they believe murdered their loved one.

Fred Goldman and his daughter, Kim, appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Thursday to discuss their decision to publish the book, released the same day. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of killing his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald.

Over the summer, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded the book’s rights to Goldman’s family to help satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson. The Goldmans retitled the book “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.”

Winfrey said she won’t buy or read the book, and asked the Goldmans if they don’t feel its proceeds are “blood money.”
“It’s sending him a message,” Kim Goldman said. “He put hours putting together this confession about how he killed Ron and Nicole, and he worked hard thinking he was going to make millions off of it. And we snatched it right out from under him.”…

I found the situation quite intriguing especially since the Goldman’s did this for ‘moral’ reasons. My bottom line after reading the article is that it is one thing to purchase the rights to the book for moral reasons - so that OJ doesn’t receive any money off of it, but then they should keep the book from ever getting released. Since they’d own the rights they would be able to make sure no one profits off the death of their loved ones (that’s a moral stand worth taking).

But releasing the book is a different matter all together. As a consumer, do I buy it to help the Goldmans? But then never read it? Or do we, like Oprah and their sister, not purchase the book at all?
%between%
 
rlg94086 said:
Should help book sales… 😉
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Perhaps that was the point.

Of course, if I remember correctly, a judge ruled that he will not see a penny until he pays what he owes to the victim’s families.

But I believe he has to still pay taxes on it. Maybe they will let him keep enough to cover the taxes. 🤷 (I hope not.)
 
Ron Goldbreg was brutally murdered. The people charged with bringing his murderer to justice failed. Let his family seek justice on their own, with our approval.
 
vern_humphrey said:
Ron Goldbreg was brutally murdered. The people charged with bringing his murderer to justice failed. Let his family seek justice on their own, with our approval.
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I approve 100%. I personally hope his latest exploits do boost book sales. OJ doesn’t benefit.
 
rlg94086 said:
I approve 100%. I personally hope his latest exploits do boost book sales. OJ doesn’t benefit.
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Apparently I was wrong, Simpson no longer owns the rights to his -]confession/-] book. According to the linked article a judge awarded it to the Goldmans, who promptly changed the title.
Simpson wrote the book under the title “If I Did It.” However, an outcry led to the cancellation of a book deal for him, and a bankruptcy judge subsequently awarded the Goldmans the rights to the book in light of their inability to collect the wrongful death award. They renamed the book “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.”
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In this case, I think I might consider purchasing it.

But only after I finish a short over-view (in 5 volumes) of the Catholic Faith I currently reading, Summa Theologea.
 
rpp said:
Apparently I was wrong, Simpson no longer owns the rights to his -]confession/-] book. According to the linked article a judge awarded it to the Goldmans, who promptly changed the title.

In this case, I think I might consider purchasing it.

But only after I finish a short over-view (in 5 volumes) of the Catholic Faith I currently reading, Summa Theologea.
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Yep…might as well finish your “light” reading first. 😛 😃
 
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