Habe mal ein bisschen recherchiert...
Es gibt bereits eine Petition gegen das Buch:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com…g-horrible-from-happening
und einen Brief, den man an den Verlag schicken kann von einer Gruppe auf Facebook:
MJ Supporters AGAINST HATE & RACISM!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=327920146738
Advocacy Action Requested: The following is a sample letter that people can follow when writing to the publishers of Carl Tom's book.
He is planning to publish a slanderous book about Michael, and it is expected to come out in June of 2010.
Date:
Troubador Publishing Ltd
5 Weir Road
Kibworth Beauchamp
Leicester ENGLAND LE8 0LQ
Dear Publisher:
I’m writing as a lifelong Michael Jackson admirer to give you fair warning that if your proposed book “Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Liaisons” by Carl Toms in any way disparages the reputation, person and legacy of Michael Jackson, the book will have a hard time generating any sales.
To prove my point, please review the Customer Reviews page for Shmuley Boteach’s book, “The Michael Jackson Tapes,” at Amazon.com.
http://tinyurl.com/ybj7zqc
Boteach’s book was literally driven off the shelves in record time. Mr. Toms’ proposed book will be, too, if it’s not positive in nature and doesn’t accurately portray Michael Jackson as the genius entertainer, generous humanitarian and loving father/brother/son/friend and innocent man that he was.
For too long, Michael's dignity—his very person—was violated at its deepest dimension. He was the subject of a cruel spectacle on the world stage. Names were created by the media to ridicule him—“***** *****!”—and pejoratives—“Weird!” “Strange!” “Bizarre!”—were applied to him at every turn. The sole purpose in all this was to bring the rage of public opinion to bear on him so he would suffer to the very depths of his being. Mainstream media, including publishers of books by disreputable authors with dubious agendas, turned into the schoolyard bully.
There exists a veritable army of Michael Jackson advocates who refuse to accept further denigration of Michael Jackson’s character, legacy and reputation. We stand ready to take action against your book.
We implore you: do not speak ill of Michael Jackson or you will regret the day you published yet another “tell all” book based on unfounded gossip, innuendo, barely credible sources, an appeal to emotion and the use of checkbook journalism. Just because Michael passed away doesn’t mean he has no one looking after his interests.
We further suggest that you carefully analyze your market. Michael Jackson Haters don’t care to spend money on such a book. Michael Jackson Advocates will destroy such a book. Word is already out among Michael Jackson advocates worldwide.
You have been warned.
Sincerely,
Aber ich habe jetzt auch ganz verschiedene Meinungen darüber gelesen...es gibt Leute, die sagen, an den Verlag, Buchhandlungen oder Amazon zu schreiben wäre schlecht, weil die dann merken, dass "Interesse", wenn auch negatives, für das Buch da ist und dann würden die Verkaufszahlen oder die Auflagezahlen evtl. steigen...besser wäre es, es ganz zu ignorieren...
Manche sagen auch, dass der Autor sich als MJ-Fan bezeichnet und dass es vielleicht gar nicht so schlimm ist...
Ich weiß nicht...