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How Many Diana Books Does It Take To Change a Lightbulb?
Friday, April 27, 2007

Apparently 180 is not enough! That's how many have been published up until now. But time to free up your summer: FOURTEEN more Diana books are coming this year, the tenth anniversary of her death, reports the WSJ:

Publishers -- whose only sure-fire hit this summer is the final Harry Potter novel -- are betting that readers will be as captivated as ever by the familiar arc of the princess's life, even though once-hearty sales of books about her have been flagging.

At least 14 new Diana titles are set for publication this year, but no one has more at stake in rekindling that interest than Tina Brown, the former high-profile editor of the New Yorker and Vanity Fair who banked a "healthy seven-figure advance" from Bertelsmann AG's Doubleday imprint for "The Diana Chronicles," according to the publisher.

Doubleday is printing 200,000 copies that will reach stores on June 12. The comprehensive biography promises new insights regarding Diana's pursuit of Prince Charles, her sad early years and how she used the media to her own ends. Beyond juicy details, Ms. Brown says she set out to write a book that examined the princess in a media and social context while discussing the impact of celebrity culture: "Why Diana was important, why she continues to fascinate, and what we should make of her 10 years after her death."

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