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(42,239 posts) Thu Feb 16, 2012, 08:26 PM Feb 2012

Amanda Knox signs book deal with HarperCollins [View all]

Amanda Knox, the young American cleared of murdering her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 in the Italian city of Perugia, has signed a book deal with HarperCollins.

The book publisher said the 24-year-old will "give a full and unflinching account" of both her arrest and trial.

The deal is reportedly worth $4m (£2.5m) for world rights and is tentatively scheduled for early 2013.

Ms Knox was cleared in October of killing Miss Kercher, of south London.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17069980

Knox and Sollecito murder acquittals challenged http://www.democraticunderground.com/101451456

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Amanda Knox signs book deal with HarperCollins [View all] dipsydoodle Feb 2012 OP

She has earned the right to do so bluestateguy Feb 2012 #1

I totally agree. I hope it's a best seller. Booster Feb 2012 #2

+1 obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #12

I dunno know. To me it's like blood money and bringing up nightmares again. But I guess she southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #3

Uh...maybe Rudy Guede? regnaD kciN Feb 2012 #4

Oh, I forgot about him. Your right. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #5

We were meant to forget about him. DCKit Feb 2012 #6

The appeal was based on Knox's conviction : not Rudy Guede's guilt. dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #7

All I know that my heart goes out to the one family that lost a great deal and will never find southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #8

Agree with you wholeheartedly dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

Thanks southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #10

With all due respect, pot and hash doesn't make one a murderer obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #15

Then why couldn't she and her boyfriend remember anything. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #22

Because they weren't there! pnwmom Feb 2012 #27

Goodness. She is there one time then she isn't the next time. No wonder things turned out the way southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #30

What are you talking about? She consistently said that she was at the cottage pnwmom Feb 2012 #33

I didn't follow the case closely. That is all I meant. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #34

I didn't either for the first two years. But I have since 2009. pnwmom Feb 2012 #35

All I know that my heart goes out to the one family that lost a great deal and will never find southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #36

Meredith's father, John Kercher, has a book to be released here in April, pnwmom Feb 2012 #37

Amanda and Raffaele weren't there, so there was nothing they could do to help Meredith. pnwmom Feb 2012 #26

If they find for the prosecution it won't make the book a travesty. pnwmom Feb 2012 #25

His DNA was also inside Meredith obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #14

Don't be ridiculous dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #16

No, he did NOT plead guilty either to sexual assault OR murder. pnwmom Feb 2012 #28

Their daughter's confessed murderer and rapist is in prison obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #13

Will we get the true and actual account what really happened that night? Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #21

It is blood money; Knox had something to do with it. Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #19

There was no substantive evidence showing she had anything to do with it. pnwmom Feb 2012 #29

Good for her -- I'll pre-order a copy on Amaazon as soon as it's available obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #11

Funny how "obamanut"s always go for the "Knox is completely innocent" line Nihil Feb 2012 #17

What does your post even mean? obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #18

Good for HER? She got what she deserved, she should be behind bars. Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #20

Interesting UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #24

You obviously paid a lot more attention to tabloid rumors pnwmom Feb 2012 #31

The movie rights alone could be a fortune. CTyankee Feb 2012 #23

Hope so. She does have a very good attorney/agent handling this, from what I've heard. n/t pnwmom Feb 2012 #32

I hope she will give part of her benefits to people who need it. Mass Feb 2012 #38

What about all the other folks that have written or will write books about the case onenote Feb 2012 #39

Absolutely. Not singling her out, but I do not see threads here talking about these other people. Mass Feb 2012 #40