Sequel writer calls publishers money-hungry
ATLANTA (AIM The pub
lishing industry treats hooks ,is
common:iid products, not «»rl.
said Alexandra Ripley, who
wrote the bellyhooed "sequel"
to Conr With the Wind
“Books have become prod
ucts like cereal or perfume or
deodorant,'’ she told alcout .too
members of the Southeastern
Booksellers Association on
Sunday.
“No matter what publishers
tell the world and themselves
about their commitment to lit
erature and art, what they real
ly are is businessmen And
businessmen are in the busi
ness to make profits,” she said.
K i p I e y s p o k e a ill i d a
SBOO.OOO campaign by Warner
Books to promote her Scarlett:
The SiHjuol to Margaret Mitoh
e//’.s 'Conr With thr Wind. ’ Ad
vanre Orders have reached
000,000 for the 823-page se
quel, whic h will be published
Wednesday in 40 countries
There was trouble between
Kiplev and Warner Hooks near
lv two years ago when she
turned in her manuscript. Rip
ley clashed with an editor over
scenes involving minor charac
ters from the original book
Ripley said she demanded
and got another editor.
After a standing ovation from
the booksellers. Ripley was cm
braced by Warner Books Brest
dent Lawrence Kirshbaum, who
ac knowledged that much of
what she said is true
Di hits Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP)
Princess Diana arrived Mon
day in this Muslim country for
a four-day visit packed with
tours of women's groups,
schools and homes for the dis
abled
The British Embassy said pal
ace officials familiar with stric t
Muslim tradition selected a
conservative wurdrolie for the
princess
Diana was met at Islamabad
Airport by Abide Hussein.
Pakistan's newly-appointed
ambassador to the United
States, along with other offi
cials and c hi hirer) in traditional
dress.
Among Diana's activities is a
visit Wednesday to the historic
eastern city of Lahore. On
Thursday, she is to climb the
Khvher Pass, where at the turn
of the century the British Army
was decimated by mountain
tribesmen.
Turner herds bison
BOZEMAN. Mont. (AP)
Ted Turner says he wants to
"hit the big one, one more
time." This time with bison.
The millionaire founder of
Cable News Network is turning
his 130,000-ucre Montana
ranch into his next grand ven
ture.
Turner now has about 2,000
head of bison. He plans to tri
ple the number during the next
four years, envisioning a future
RECYCLE
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whom he'll sell I lie hulls for
meat and the cows to other
breeders
Eventually, Turner hopes
buffalo rib roasts will be Sun
day suppers across the country
I want to show you can do
something in balance with ne
ture and still make money do
mg it twice .is much money as
you could with cattle," Turner
said in an interview published
Sunday in the Do/.rm.in lhiil\
Chmnit It'
"I want to have the biggest
buffalo breeding ranc h in the
country and have a ball doing
it." he said "That's what ev
eryone wants (let a great idea
and hit the big time "
Book published
LI'ITI.E K(Xlk, Ark (AT)
Ihe memoirs of Daisy Bates
who helped organi/a; blac k stu
dents tn Integrate Lillie Koch
schools. couldn't lx; found on
bookstore shelves 2« years ago
"It w.is hunntxi throughout
the South," said Hates. 77
" The publisher was told hv
salesmen that they wouldn't
take anything with Daisy nates'
name on it
Her book. The Long Shadim of
I.iUlr Rot k. was first published
in llM>g It chronicles the l‘).r>7
l ittle Rock integration i risis
and Bates' role in leading nine
black students into Central
H igh S< bool
Former Arkansas Ka/orh.u k
Darrell Walker, who plays has
kethall for the Detroit Pistons
was among several people who
attended i In >ok signing rei ep
tion for Bates on Saturday
Walker sponsored tile ret option
at the Little lice k ( Huh
This is rm wav of giving
something li.ul." Walker s.iut
I! il wasn't for .1 Daisy Hates, a
Dr Marlin l.uther King nr a
Malcolm there wouldn't be
any Darrell Walker or Michael
Jordan
Hint k students first entered
Central High on Sept j:t, ]<)r>7.
as a white mob cursed and
threw rix ks
Rubin, wife separate
M W YORK (AH) Yippie
turned yuppie Jerry Rubin and
his wife said Monday thev have
separated alter l .l years of mar
riage and are seeking .1 Inendly
divorce
We are now seeking the di
von e in unison, working on an
amicable legal separation
which will automatically turn
Into a divorce," Mitni Kubin
said This is .1 very frlondlv
situation
Kubin, who livrs in l.os An
geles. and Mrs Knhin, who
lives in New York, siiid in a tel
eplione conference (.ill th.it
they would have joint legal ( us
todv of their -1 year-old (laugh
ter and 2 year old son
’Hie couple separated last
month and Kubin riled papers
Iasi week in Manhattan's state
Supreme Court
Kubin, 5.1, and Mimi, •!.!, said
they will continue to work to
gellier oil lerrv Kubin Network
Marketing, a compain that ar
ranges parties lor young prides
sionals to meet and develop
contacts
Kubin was a left wing, anti
war crusader in the 1‘ltvOs He
was a leader of the Youth Inter
national Party with Abbie Hull
man
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