[Veto!]

I think Regan also presided over the book by the alleged ex-alcoholic that was so filled with lies that Oprah demanded an apology from both the author and the publisher. If not Regan, then some other publishing bigwigette.

Does anyone know whether OJ had to return his advance? And whether he received the entire amount? Usually, advances are partly paid upon acceptance of ms with the rest due upon publication. Was the book published and then recalled? Or not published at all?

[theFIRMbss]

>Does anyone know whether OJ had to return his advance?

I don't have a link,
but I think I read OJ
said he'd spent it all,

$800,000!
(I don't think writers ever
return advances . . .)

[Malacoda]

The last I heard, Regan and OJ had worked the advance through a third-party cutout, so that the families of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman couldn't claim any of it via the judgement in their civil suit.

Authors usually don' t pay back any of an advance, though -- they also don't get any royalty cheques until the advance has been made back, as far as I understand.

[StAnDeliver]

"I think Regan also presided over the book by the alleged ex-alcoholic that was so filled with lies that Oprah demanded an apology from both the author and the publisher. If not Regan, then some other publishing bigwigette."

Nan Talese at Doubleday. Flew back to her NY office after Oprah and her publishing house gave her a standing ovation. Sickening.