HarperCollins snags rights after auction
(NEWSER) - After a days-long bidding war, HarperCollins has obtained the rights to Amanda Knox's memoir in a $4 million deal, insiders tell the New York Times . Divisions of Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin all reportedly bid on the book, which Knox says will be based in part on the journal she kept in prison. Lawyer Robert Barnett, who has represented other big-name authors such as Sarah Palin, was behind the deal. More»
