Elizabeth Taylor E-Book to be Published by Vanity Fair: Too Soon?

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Elizabeth Taylor gets her first posthumous book.
It's never too soon to capitalize on a fallen angel.

At least, that is, if you're Vanity Fair magazine.

The publication announced this week that it's publishing a book about Elizabeth Taylor. And, yeah, it's coming at you quick. Because it's the magazine's first e-book. According to VF:

Vanity Fair has collected six classic stories from its pages, by the likes of Dominick Dunne, George Hamilton, and Sam Kashner, along with an introduction by editor Graydon Carter, and two new pieces from David Kamp and Gwen Davis, for The Best of Vanity Fair Elizabeth Taylor: Eight Remarkable Stories About Hollywood's Most Beautiful, Most Controversial Star, the first e-book published by the magazine. This is also the first e-book to be published by Condé Nast.

Helmut Newton, among others, weighs in with photographs. And, as VF honcho Graydon Carter says, each article "captures a chapter in the epic tale of Elizabeth Taylor's life."

Not exactly a tell-all. But way to re-purpose content, Vanity Fair.

Looks like the instant book just got more instant in the iPad era. Too soon? You be the judge.

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woodymcbreairty
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By virtue of her beauty, ET is the most legendary star in Hollywood history. Add to the mix her talent, her marriages & other areas of her personal life, and her place in Hollywood lore is beyond words. To be sure, many writers and media sources will be clamoring to publish whatever they can get their hands on because they know the public will eat it up and savor every word. It's inevitable that some if not much of it will be based on rumors and speculation and false information. But whatever it is, we know that Elizabeth got a kick out of it while she was alive, never sought refuge from publicity or hid from public view even in the worst of times, including being photographed bald after brain surgery. Elizabeth was and will always be larger than life and to expect things to change after her death is being unrealistic. She will live forever.Woody McBreairty

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