pink slip

Despite her defense that she and Nicole Simpson were somehow soul sisters, Judith Regan has been fired:

The memoir-peddler labeled her position as being on the side of justice, saying, "I made the decision to publish this book and to sit face to face with the killer, because I wanted him, and the men who broke my heart and your hearts, to tell the truth, to confess their sins, to do penance and to amend their lives."

If it was a line, no one was biting, including multiple Fox affiliates, who said prior to News Corp's ultimate decision to scuttle the project that they wanted no part of it. And if this tells you anything, the book didn't even encounter a warm reception from the Internet, the place where everyone assumed the tome would end up anyway.

Booksellers alibris.com and biblio.com both removed listings for the book last Friday, and eBay also knocked at least eight copies from the auction block—although not before at least one inquiring mind picked up a copy for $50, USA Today reported this week.

"It's a disgusting book and we don't want to sell it," even if "people may have a right to sell it," Alibris CEO Martin Manley told the newspaper.