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Julian Assange's Unauthorized Autobiography

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @08:02AM from the unleash-the-biography dept.

macwhizkid writes "After signing a major book deal for his autobiography, Julian Assange backed out (allegedly worrying about self-incrimination) but failed to return his £500,000 advance payment. The publisher is understandably unhappy with this outcome, and intends to publish the 'world's first unauthorized autobiography' from an early draft Assange submitted. The book will be in stores tomorrow, but I'm still hoping it'll be published early on WikiLeaks..."

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I thought that too, except .... by King_TJ · 2011-09-21 08:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

Maybe the publisher feels they stand to profit more by publishing the now controversial book, based on what they've already got?
If they sued over breach of contract, sure - they could try to get their money back, but as we all know, court judgments are FAR from a guarantee of getting repaid. With a character like Assange, perhaps they think it's a FAR better bet to take a chance on making money from his rough draft they possess than by counting on the court system to make him cough up the money?