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Does being a celebrity already help or hinder your book?

Newest celebrity to announce a children’s book is Tori Spelling.

Simon & Schuster said its Aladdin imprint is to publish Spelling’s first children’s book called “Presenting … Tallulah” in September this year.

Spelling, whose acting credits include TV show Beverly Hills 90210, has already written an autobiography sTORI Telling and follow-up book Mommywood about being a Hollywood mother of young children. Her third adult book, tentatively titled Uncharted terriTORI, is due to go on sale in June.

http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/tori-spelling-ventures-into-ch...

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Do people automatically love or hate a celebrity's book, no matter how good the writing is, depending on whether they like you as a celebrity?

Is it that much harder to prove you can write if you've become famous for something else first?

(I don’t like Tori Spelling so I wouldn’t buy her book. Any of them.)

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Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on June 1, 2010 at 2:02am

I see Demi Moore's now getting into talks about a book too. Now that I would read! She's feisty and has brains as well as beauty. I don't think she's one of the best actresses out there but she still manages to get top roles and keep her name in the press. What she is is a very good self-marketer. That's the reason for her longevity in show business. That's the side of her that really interests me. Her best PR move ever was the Vanity Fair cover when she was pregnant. That was genius and continues to be talked about a decade later.

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Permalink Reply by scribbler on June 7, 2010 at 6:43am

I agree, she knows how to handle the press to her advantage. Of course marrying a younger man helps too! I'd read that. She's a smart cookie.

Kay Elizabeth said:

I see Demi Moore's now getting into talks about a book too. Now that I would read! She's feisty and has brains as well as beauty. I don't think she's one of the best actresses out there but she still manages to get top roles and keep her name in the press. What she is is a very good self-marketer. That's the reason for her longevity in show business. That's the side of her that really interests me. Her best PR move ever was the Vanity Fair cover when she was pregnant. That was genius and continues to be talked about a decade later.

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Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on June 8, 2010 at 7:51am

She is. There's an update on her book out today. The release date has been "tentatively" scheduled for 2012. So don't expect that from Santa this year. Or the next. LOL :)

scribbler said:

I agree, she knows how to handle the press to her advantage. Of course marrying a younger man helps too! I'd read that. She's a smart cookie.

Kay Elizabeth said:
I see Demi Moore's now getting into talks about a book too. Now that I would read! She's feisty and has brains as well as beauty. I don't think she's one of the best actresses out there but she still manages to get top roles and keep her name in the press. What she is is a very good self-marketer. That's the reason for her longevity in show business. That's the side of her that really interests me. Her best PR move ever was the Vanity Fair cover when she was pregnant. That was genius and continues to be talked about a decade later.