I stumbled across an odd story in the UK Telegraph the other day. A former model named Katie Price (aka Jordan) is getting ready to release her newest book in time to catch all the book buyers out there looking for gifts. It apparently details her split and divorce from her former husband Peter Andre.
Now, I first have to say, “Who cares?” I have never heard of Jordan or Peter Andre. I’m guessing they must be pretty famous to have a book written about their divorce that a publisher thinks people will be interested in.
Ah, now there’s the catch. The publisher may be way off base in predicting the success of the book. Several book store chains in the U.K. have already announced they won’t stock the book unless the store manager specifically requests copies for his or her store.
Why? Price has written fourth autobiographies in the past five years. Can enough new stuff have happened to her since 2008 (when her last book came out) to justify yet another one.
In Price’s defense, her first autobiography Being Jordan was written in 2004 and sold over a million copies. However, her following books, A Whole New World (2007) and Pushed to the Limit (2008) weren’t nearly as successful. In fact, according to the Telegraph, over the past year 7,200 copies of Pushed to the Limit were left behind in U.K. hotel room indicating that people didn’t care enough to keep the book.
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