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O.J. Simpson's First "If I had Killed My Wife" Novel
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lady.cordelia
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from the above-mentioned article:
Sales had been strong, but not sensational. "If I Did It" cracked the top 20 of Amazon.com last weekend, but by Monday afternoon, at the time its cancellation had been announced, the book had fallen to No. 51.
Were these preorders, or had they actually published some and just pulled further publishing?
I am glad they pulled it. Those families do not need to relive the pain of losing their children and having their murderer profit from it.
Sales had been strong, but not sensational. "If I Did It" cracked the top 20 of Amazon.com last weekend, but by Monday afternoon, at the time its cancellation had been announced, the book had fallen to No. 51.
Were these preorders, or had they actually published some and just pulled further publishing?
I am glad they pulled it. Those families do not need to relive the pain of losing their children and having their murderer profit from it.
abecedarian
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And just think, we didn't even hear the loud sound of hell freezing over first! Who says the age of miracles has passed?
MonkeyCatcher
New Member
I'm guessing they were preorders. I think I read somehwere that it was being released late November, after a TV special on it had aired.
Lady_Dread_Head
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O.J. Simpson is a clear example of someone with Narcassisitic Personality disorder.
"When the personality is rigid to the point of being unable to change in reaction to changing circumstances - we say that it is disordered. Such a person takes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive cues exclusively from others. His inner world is, so to speak, vacated. His True Self is dilapidated and dysfunctional. Instead he has a tyrannical and delusional False Self. Such a person is incapable of loving and of living. He cannot love others because he cannot love himself. He loves his reflection, his surrogate self. And he is incapable of living because life is a struggle towards, a striving, a drive at something. In other words: life is change. He who cannot change cannot live."
"He feeds off other people, who hurl back at him an image that he projects to them. This is their sole function in his world: to reflect, to admire, to applaud, to detest - in a word, to assure him that he exists. Otherwise, the narcissist feels, they have no right to tax his time, energy, or emotions." Taken from a review of the book "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin. Sam Vaknin describes himself as being a person with Narcassistic Personality disorder.
In other words, O.J.'s purpose in life is to be admired. O.J sees people as existing only in relation to O.J. Last summer, he was shown promoting his "Juiced" television show, a show like "punk'd." His interview and the new book are ways for him to keep being the center of attention. And frankly, we give him the attention he desires because he is so controversial.
By the way, in one segment of "Juiced," the prank that is shown is O.J. is selling the white Bronco from his infamous car chase.
"When the personality is rigid to the point of being unable to change in reaction to changing circumstances - we say that it is disordered. Such a person takes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive cues exclusively from others. His inner world is, so to speak, vacated. His True Self is dilapidated and dysfunctional. Instead he has a tyrannical and delusional False Self. Such a person is incapable of loving and of living. He cannot love others because he cannot love himself. He loves his reflection, his surrogate self. And he is incapable of living because life is a struggle towards, a striving, a drive at something. In other words: life is change. He who cannot change cannot live."
"He feeds off other people, who hurl back at him an image that he projects to them. This is their sole function in his world: to reflect, to admire, to applaud, to detest - in a word, to assure him that he exists. Otherwise, the narcissist feels, they have no right to tax his time, energy, or emotions." Taken from a review of the book "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin. Sam Vaknin describes himself as being a person with Narcassistic Personality disorder.
In other words, O.J.'s purpose in life is to be admired. O.J sees people as existing only in relation to O.J. Last summer, he was shown promoting his "Juiced" television show, a show like "punk'd." His interview and the new book are ways for him to keep being the center of attention. And frankly, we give him the attention he desires because he is so controversial.
By the way, in one segment of "Juiced," the prank that is shown is O.J. is selling the white Bronco from his infamous car chase.
Gem
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beer good
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Honestly, I'm not sure. While I'm glad OJ Simpson and his publishers don't make a bundle of money off two people's deaths, I would much rather have seen the book get published and not sell. THAT would be grounds for faith in humanity. This way, it looks like mob justice and moral outrage was just on the right side for once.
Yes, there's no pleasing me.
Gem
kickbox
Really? You surprise me, I would never have thought that
.I think the publisher just tallied up the costs (advertising, PR, possible lawsuits etc) and realised that they outweighed the projected sales. Had the pre-order sales been higher, I doubt moral outrage would have got in the way.
ValkyrieRaven88
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I have to second that. It's an awful thing that someone would buy the book. I'll be quite honest and admit that I might have flipped through it curiously, just to see what kind of tone he used, but I wouldn't have sent the cretin any money. I would have thought anyone with the slightest morals would agree with me. Either I'm wrong or everyone has morals. Either way, that scares me a bit.
venusunfolding
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that is one of the reasons I love working for Borders.
Anamnesis
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Anyone interested in the book will get to read it after all:
http://www.sfchroniclemarketplace.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/13/state/n151208D48.DTL
http://www.sfchroniclemarketplace.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/13/state/n151208D48.DTL
zirionmarioe
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I don't have any interest on that book but have to read a few pages and see if i like it.