“Susan Hassett, a self-published author, is claiming in a federal lawsuit filed in Boston that the celebrity infringed on Hassett’s copyrights by publishing a book on celiac disease, titled ‘The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide,’ last month. In her suit, Hassett claims she sent Hasselbeck a copy of her own book, ‘Living With Celiac Disease,’ in April 2008, along with a homemade cooking video, a personal note, a newspaper article and a business card.” Link
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“The Ghost Whisper star will pen a dating guide called How I Shot Cupid, which will hit bookstore shelves in winter 2010. ‘She will reveal a surprisingly wicked sense of humor as she explores the new landscape of modern dating and offers up a wide range of practical tips, from text-flirting and IM-ing to what men and women really want, and how to start over after a breakup,’ says a rep for publisher Hyperion.” Link
Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” Available For Pre-Order
… DaVinci Code Follow Up Is Highly Anticipated By Book Fans
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“‘The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun,’ a thorough reworking in verse of old Norse epics that predates Tolkien’s writing of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, will be published in May by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.” [Link]
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“Celebrity television show ‘Entertainment Tonight’ said movie director Ron Howard told the program in an interview that Brown has completed his third book based on the fictional, mystery-solving Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. Howard made the 2006 film adaptation of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ with Tom Hanks playing Langdon.” [Link]
“The 1970s classic ‘The Joy of Sex’ has gotten a makeover with 42 new chapters, including one on safe sex and another on transexualism, says its publisher. The revised and updated ‘The Joy of Sex: The Timeless Guide to Lovemaking’ replaces the pictures of hairy men in former editions with cleaner cut men, The Washington Post reported Saturday. ” [Link]
Joy of Sex 2009 Book
“A new book reveals that the man behind Barbie’s creation was a ’seventies-style swinger’ who lived a life filled with perversions. Jack Ryan, a high-profile designer at Mattel, lived a no-longer-secret life filled with hookers ranging from call girls to streetwalkers. All the juicy details are coming out in a new book, Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel, by veteran author Jerry Oppenheimer” [Link]
Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel
