Clooney buys rights to Grisham's true crime book
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Actor and filmmaker George Clooney  has teamed up with Warner Bros.' specialty studio to buy the  movie rights to "The Innocent Man," the first nonfiction book  by best-selling novelist John Grisham.
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Scott Peterson's former girlfriend signed copies of her book for about 300 people in her hometown.
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A best-selling author who pretended to be a 19-year-old male prostitute covered up her identity to profit from her novel and gain a movie deal, a lawyer for the film company suing her said in closing arguments on Thursday.
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A judge ordered on Tuesday that rights to O.J. Simpson's aborted book, "If I Did It," be sold at auction to help satisfy a civil judgment against the former football star -- meaning the book could find its way into stores.
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Three companies accused of falsely advertising multimillion-dollar estate sales and auctions of property seized by the federal government or county sheriffs have signed settlement agreements with Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly.
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Taking a page from the movie  industry's marketing playbook, global book club DirectGroup  said on Thursday it will sell the latest thriller from  best-selling author James Patterson to its members in 16  countries in eight languages simultaneously.
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The family of Ron Goldman has purchased the rights to O.J. Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It," from a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee in a settlement reached Monday. The book rights will be held in the name of Ron Goldman LLC, Goldman family attorney David Cook said.
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Macmillan Publishers has agreed to buy Hayden-McNeil Publishing, a publisher of custom textbooks, for an undisclosed sum.
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A lawsuit filed on Tuesday demanded  that proceeds from O.J. Simpson's scuttled book and interview  deal go to pay the civil judgment that found him liable for the  murders of his ex-wife and her friend.
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Memoirist James Frey and Random House, Inc. have agreed in principle to settle lawsuits filed by readers who said they were defrauded by fabrications in Frey's million-selling book, "A Million Little Pieces," the publisher said.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has sold the rights to his political memoir, which will feature his views on the U.S. war on terrorism and the Bush administration, to Simon & Schuster imprint Free Press, the publisher said on Wednesday.
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O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about the hypothetical murder of his ex-wife appeared for sale on the Internet on Wednesday, attracting bids of $1,500 within the first two hours.
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LOS ANGELESÃÂ  -- O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about the hypothetical murder of his ex-wife appeared for sale on the Internet on Wednesday, attracting bids of $1,500 within the first two hours.
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O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about  the hypothetical murder of his ex-wife appeared for sale on the  Internet on Wednesday, attracting bids of $1,500 within the  first two hours.
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James Frey, who acknowledged that major sections of his best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" were fabricated, has reached an agreement in principle with Random House over lawsuits filed by readers who said they were defrauded, according to a published report.
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Actor George Clooney buys the rights to The Innocent Man, John Grisham's first non-fiction book.
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