4:00AM Sunday Mar 15, 2009, Alice Neville writing in the Herald on Sunday
David Bain's story will be told again in another book, and a movie may follow. Photo / Getty Images
His retrial has months to go, but a new David Bain book is already in the pipeline - and a movie may not be far behind.
Random House New Zealand managing director Karen Ferns said the company had had "initial discussions" about a book on the saga but expected other publishing houses were also vying for the rights. "I believe it will be a sought-after book."
She would not comment on how much money such a book would generate, nor the advance the author could expect, but publishing insiders estimate it could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Ferns inferred Bain's chief supporter Joe Karam, who has already published two books on the case, was not the only possible author. "I think there is room for more than one view."
Bain was convicted of murdering five members of his Dunedin family in 1994 and spent 13 years in jail but has always maintained his innocence.
Read the full report at the Herald on Sunday online.
4 comments:
Is it pedantic to ask if they teach the difference betwen 'inferred' and 'implied' at journalism school?
Ferns is a publisher of course not a journalist so presumably did not go to journalism school. She is more liely to have an arts degree one would think.
No doubt... but surely the error lies with the journalist who wrote the story, not Ferns?
Goodness, this is a load of wank, yes? No contract, no nothing, just airy possibilities-
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