How Not To Handle a Book Deal
If you ever get one of those lucrative book deals, here’s not how to handle it.
Penguin Group commissioned best selling author Adrian Wojnarowski to write a biography of former North Carolina State Coach Jim Valvano. Wojnarowski, who had previously written a best seller about former Duke University Guard and New Jersey high school basketball coach Bobby Hurley, received a $400,000 deal with $140,000 advanced pay.
Of course, you got to then write the book. Wojnarowski, a Yahoo! Sports columnist, never actually did that part.
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