Court TV 3-book deal with HarperCollins

Court TV adds 3-book deal to docket - Yahoo! News: “ourt TV is entering the world of publishing for the first time.
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The cable network said it will collaborate with HarperCollins Publishers on three true-crime books that will take an inside look at a particular crime and how investigators pursued the case. The books will be written by Court TV reporters, with the forewords to be written by Court TV anchor Catherine Crier. The first book is scheduled to be published in September 2006, with the others tentatively scheduled for March and June 2007.”

TV documentaries turned into books are usually what I would call “pleasant mediocrities” — story, pictures are good enough, but the book somehow lacks the zing of a deeply researched original subject. BBC producers are notorious for turning their series into books.

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