Gavski(Elite) posted this on Friday, 25th July 2003, 10:44
Have you seen this in the press yet?
Apparently someone in the publishers sent a word doc of this book to his mate - who then forwarded this on to all his contacts etc etc etc. So now I think most people have this in their email box! I know I do! looks quite good actually!
What do you think? I would say this person has been sacked by now as surely he has lost the publishers a fair whack of cash - i know now i have it on word doc - i wont buy it for £16!! Jamie wont be having "happy days" anymore.
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RE: Jamie Olivers New Book!
sj(Elite) posted this on Friday, 25th July 2003, 11:00
I got this yesterday in Word.
Ste
RE: Jamie Olivers New Book!
Grunt boy(Elite) posted this on Friday, 25th July 2003, 11:14
I got it today (WTF did someone send it to me for??).
It must be a laugh, the recipes read like "this is a pucker creme brulee" and "place a couple of lugs of olive oil". I mean I know he`s a tw*t that talks like that but would they write it like that too?!
______________ Gruntboy >:( Absolute B*stard :D
RE: Jamie Olivers New Book!
peaceful_warrior(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 25th July 2003, 15:38
Alas it`s not as it seems -
The Evening Standard Reports it so:
Jamie`s email book is not pukka By Mark Caper, Metro 25 July 2003 Jamie Oliver`s publisher was last night considering legal action after fraudsters cobbled together a book of his recipes and spread them on the Internet.
Penguin Books, which has published two of the Naked Chef`s previous books, was trying to track down the source of the document, which has spread like wildfire via office workers` e-mails.
Entitled The Naked Chef 2 and showing a photo of Oliver, 28, chewing an apple, the 122-page book is an amalgamation of his past publications.
Among the 105 recipes are Oliver`s Twist and Jools` Bolognaise Sauce.
The `book` has had office workers scuttling to their printers keen to save the £14 cost of one of Oliver`s official hardbacks.
The e-mail claims the book was sent by a Penguin employee, who apparently tried to send it to a friend but instead spread it to computer users all over the world.
A Penguin insider denied it was a marketing gimmick, adding: `We think this is part of a malicious campaign against Jamie by someone who is jealous of his success and popularity.`Aspokesman for Oliver, who has sold 5million books, said: `We are not losing sleep over it.`
