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When In Doubt, Stick The Chapter Up On Your Website

Author Mark Ebner has written a book about sex scandals and blackmail in Hollywood - and as you can imagine, there are a number of lubricious details. However, Simon & Schuster, the publisher, was not confident in one particular chapter and excluded it from the printed book. So Ebner has posted that chapter on his own website, according to Gawker:

The author, who has three books under his belt, clearly hopes the giveaway will drive sales of the printed product: His free chapter ends with a plug for the book and a link to the Amazon listing.

That might appease Ebner's publisher, but who knows if it will work. Readers might just decide they don't need to explore Hollywood's underbelly further after seeing the worst of the worst.

Of course, it may be that the "worst of the worst" is actually in the print version and the reason S&S couldn't publish this particular chapter is because there was no way to vet it properly. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if this drives sales.

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