78605660 Published an unauthorized biography Assange
British publisher Canongate has published an autobiography, Julian Assange, the publication that he did not give permission. It became known from the statement of Canongate, posted on the official website of the publisher. Contract with a publishing house was signed in December 2010. Subsequently, the writer, who was to write memoir for Assange, has recorded over 50 hours of interviews with the founder of WikiLeaks. On this basis, he created a rough draft of his autobiography Assange, but in March 2011 between the publisher and the protagonist of the book there is a conflict. Assange was very unhappy with the first version of the manuscript. In July, he announced that stops working with the publishers. According to newspaper The Guardian, the reason for this decision were fears the founder of the site, in the form, which insisted Canongate, the book can help the American Prosecutor's Office to secure his extradition. At that time already received advance Assange for work but never returned it. BBC News says that we are talking about several hundred thousand pounds (in total, in the words of Assange, he was to receive about 500 thousand). Publisher announced that founder WikiLeaks has already spent all the money on lawyers who defend him in a British court in a case of extradition to Sweden. Canongate used Assange refusal to return the down payment as grounds for the publication of his draft autobiography rejects. In turn, the founder of WikiLeaks said that the publisher violated the contract because he did not give his consent to the publication, said the BBC. Despite the charges, on Thursday, September 22, the book "Julian Assange: an unauthorized autobiography " (Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography) appeared in British shops. In its press release publisher promised to pay him Assange owed royalties.
