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February 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Her invitation to publishers to bid for her memoirs met with a similarly mixed
response, with some saying they were reluctant to become involved with such
a divisive figure.
Now 24, Knox has kept a relatively low profile since arriving back in her home
town of Seattle, spending much of her time writing the book which is said to
be based on diaries she kept in prison, and is expected to attract a
seven-figure advance.
She is reported to have proved an impressive and charming figure in the
meeting with publishers, editors and publicists to discuss her memoir.
One publisher who attended said: “Everybody fell in love with her.”
Others expressed reservations about bidding for the book however, saying
that there were concerns about whether consumers would view Knox as a
sympathetic figure.
“I think it’s a huge gamble for somebody,” one publisher who will
not be taking part in the auction told the New York Times. “It’s not
like she has been exonerated in a clear and definitive way.”
Kercher’s father John said at the time of Knox’s release that he considered
the successful appeal “ludicrous”. Asked about suggestions that
she would be offered a lucrative book deal, he said he hoped Knox would not
seek to cash in on his daughter’s death.
Knox is represented by Robert B Barnett, a Washington-based lawyer who has
overseen book deals for major figures including President Barack Obama,
President George W Bush, President Bill Clinton and the singer Elton John.
Simon Schuster, Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins are expected to
be among those bidding for the memoir.
“The book will have very broad resonance,” one publishing executive
involved in the auction said. “The world has heard from everybody else,
but the world has not actually heard from Amanda Knox.”
To accompany any book deal, Knox would also be expected to take part in a
high-profile television interview.
True story crime books are big business in the publishing world. The 2011
memoir A Stolen Life, by Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped at the age of 11
and held captive for 18 years, became one of the biggest sellers of last
year.
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