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Wayne Kernochan
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---I have to give Whooter credit here, Wayne.
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Thanks DJ, I have had some experience in this area. Someone brought up "Unauthorized Biographies". If we look at "unauthorized biographies" you will quickly see that they are written about famous people. You get special consideration if you are writing about a public figure. The publishing company will notify the people who are mentioned in the book and allow them access to the dialog and a chance to refute it before publishing begins because the publishing company does not want to be sued.
You cannot, for example, write an unauthorized biography about your neighbors wife and the people she slept with in the neighborhood. No publishing company would touch that. That woman and her family would end up owning you and the publishing company. lol
You can fantasize all you want about writing a book about other people, but unless you can insure that you will not be sued and that the publishing company will not be sued and that they will also make a profit then it is not going to happen.
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Dysfunction Junction:
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--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---I have to give Whooter credit here, Wayne. I give him a lot of credit for the depth and breadth of his ignorance, which spans basically every topic you can think of.
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Thanks DJ...
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No worries. Glad to point it out.
Paul St. John:
I'm really not sure what Whooter and Danny are talking about. I read books all the time that have within them references to other living people which depict them in a very negative light.
Paul
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Paul St. John" ---I'm really not sure what Whooter and Danny are talking about. I read books all the time that have within them references to other living people which depict them in a very negative light.
Paul
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You are right, Paul, they do all the time, but if real names are used then the publishers send out notification to the people to verify accuracy before proceeding with publishing the book. The last thing a publisher wants is a law suit because they failed to do their homework. They would not be in business very long.
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Dysfunction Junction:
--- Quote from: "Paul St. John" ---I'm really not sure what Whooter and Danny are talking about. I read books all the time that have within them references to other living people which depict them in a very negative light.
Paul
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Yes, this happens every day.
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