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Another Way Around Censorship

I've been following the Sherry Jones story pretty closely - where Random House cancelled the title "Jewel of Medina", a novel about Muhammad's wife Aisha, because of concerns that it might provoke terrorist reactions.

It struck me that a great tactic for Jones might now be to self-publish the book - it's certainly gotten enough publicity to sell all on its own - and pocket all the proceeds rather than a royalty. She'd also retain all the rights to the book. She could even release it for free for a week for downloads, which would spur even more sales of the physical book.

She'd wind up with a better deal than she would have had if she'd gone the "traditional publishing" route. Perhaps, for a book that is not so traditional, that's a great way to handle it.
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Posted by Laura Dawson , August 15, 08, 1:18 PM , comments(0) , permalink , Email this post
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