What's the best thing to do if you get away with murder and want to become famous again? How about trying to cash in by writing a hypothetical scenario of how you "would have" committed the murder if you had done it?



Yep, OJ is releasing a book called "If I Did It".

In an account his publisher considers a confession and some media executives call revolting, O.J. Simpson plans a book and TV interview to discuss how, hypothetically, he could have killed his ex-wife and her friend.

Two weeks before the book, "If I Did It," goes on sale, scorn was being heaped on Simpson, the publisher, and Fox, which plans to air the Simpson interview in two parts Nov. 27 and 29. Denise Brown, sister of Simpson's slain ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, lashed out at the publisher for "promoting the wrongdoing of criminals" and commercializing abuse.

Judith Regan, whose ReganBooks imprint is publishing the book, refused to say what Simpson is being paid but said he came to her with the idea. "This is an historic case, and I consider this his confession," Regan told the Associated Press.

The ex-football star was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his former wife and her friend Ron Goldman. He was later found liable for the deaths by in a wrongful-death suit filed by the Goldman family. Simpson has failed to pay the $33.5 million judgment against him in the civil case. His NFL pension and his Florida home cannot legally be seized.

Meanwhile, other publishers and publishing industry observers criticized ReganBooks and Simpson himself. "This is not about being heard. This is about trying to cash in, in a pathetic way, on some notoriety," said Sara Nelson, editor in chief of Publishers Weekly.

As mentioned above, OJ hasn't paid for the $33.5 million judgement against him for wrongful death because his house and NFL pension couldn't be seized. His lawyer was also arguing that he only makes a few thousand dollars at autograph signings, and literally doesn't have money to pay the judgement. So will the profits from this book and his FOX special have to go towards paying the Goldman family? Some other articles about the book have mentioned the book deal may be worth $3.5 million, and that's not counting the FOX special.