The PW Morning Report, July 1, 2008
By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 7/1/2008 5:14:00 AM
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A daily rou
nd-up of the latest publishing news: Stalking Britney and The Scott McClellan Magical Author Tour
Cindy Adams Has the Low-Down on the New Britney Book
Just what America has been waiting for: Stalking Britney: Under Siege With Britney Spears by Ian Halperin is fraught with "scenes of nudity, drug use, issues involving her children." Sounds like it has the makings of a new E! reality series
The Scott McClellan Magical Author Tour, as seen by the AP
The former White House press secretary cracks jokes about the titles of some of the future books of the heroes of the Bush administration (Well, Paaaaaardon Me! by Scooter Libby is a crowd pleaser) and talks about Iraq ("the war in Iraq was not absolutely necessary"). It’s all part of the selling of What Happened, the book that is helping to nail down the lid on the coffin of the Bush presidency—until Bob Woodward’s book arrives from S&S in September
