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Corbys may receive proceeds from overseas release of autobiographyThe autobiography of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is to be released overseas and on Amazon by Mainstream Publishing.Published 23 May, 2008 
The autobiography of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is to be released overseas and on Amazon by Mainstream Publishing. Proceeds from My Story (Pan Macmillan) were frozen last year after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions alleged that the money represented proceeds of crime. Questioned on the overseas release plan, Australian Federal Police spokesman Andrew Kelly said that ‘any investigation in relation to literary proceeds of crime needs to consider where the funds were derived and whether payment falls under Australian jurisdiction for literary proceeds. It would not be appropriate for the AFP to comment any further.’ A legal expert told the Australian that a legal loophole may well exist: ‘There's no guarantee the AFP would ever get a court order (to retrieve the funds). They could try and freeze her assets, wherever they are. But the legal steps get more tenuous the more steps removed you are from Australia.’ This article from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from Book News Archive
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Ten Days on the Island program launched
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The shortlist for the biennial Tasmanian Book Prize has been announced.27 November, 2008 
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Roger Moore's visit to Sydney has done wonders for coverage of his autobiography My Word Is My Bond.24 November, 2008 
A familiar street name (to Melbournians at any rate) and now book is atop the Highest New Entries chart this week--Lygon St by Michael Harden.20 November, 2008 
The YABBAs (Young Australian Best Book Award) were announced this week in Victoria.20 November, 2008 
The 2009 New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize has gone to Jenny Pattrick.20 November, 2008 |
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