Late Tuesday afternoon Las Vegas prosecutors filed 10 felony counts against author O.J. Simpson and his cohorts, including surprise charges of assault and kidnapping in connection with the robbery of Simpson sports memorabilia from two memorabilia dealers. Simpson is due for arraignment in Las Vegas this morning. Simpson claims that the memorabilia was his and he was just retrieving it.

Meanwhile, back in New York, Beaufort Books announced that it was going back to press for an additional 50,000 copies. "The arrest brought the whole question of O.J. and the law back into everybody's consciousness," Beaufort owner Eric Kampmann told the AP.

Winfrey said she won't buy or read the book, and asked the Goldmans if they don't feel its proceeds are "blood money." "It's sending him a message," Kim Goldman said. "He put hours putting together this confession about how he killed Ron and Nicole, and he worked hard thinking he was going to make millions off of it. And we snatched it right out from under him."

Winfrey said dedicating a show to the topic was a "moral, ethical dilemma" for her. She said she committed to the show when the guests were to also include Nicole Simpson's sister, Denise Brown, who has been severely critical of the Goldmans for publishing the book. Brown later refused to share a stage with the Goldmans, however, and Winfrey said she felt she had to keep her word to the Goldmans. Winfrey acknowledged that her program often promotes books and authors, yet, she said, "I don't want to be in the position to promote this book, because I, too, think it's despicable." Denise Brown did speak to Winfrey, but on her own in a segment taped earlier. She said she decided against appearing with the Goldmans because she feared it would give the book "more impact."

She called the Goldmans hypocrites for changing their minds about publishing a book Fred Goldman earlier called "disgusting" and "despicable" when O.J. Simpson stood to benefit. "I felt the same way. I stood my ground on that," Brown said. "I still don't believe it should be published. I think it is a morally wrong thing to do." Winfrey told the Goldmans she wishes they could find some peace, but Fred Goldman said the book's publication won't help with that. "It brings a certain level of satisfaction that we've taken something from him," he said. "I think it also is a recognition for him to know forevermore that we're going to be after him ... to punish him for what he's done, to get some piece of justice."

Barnes & Noble, the world's largest book retailer, has decided to sell O.J. Simpson's book "If I Did It" in its stores, reversing an earlier decision to offer the controversial title only on the Web. "Our customers are asking for it. We have been monitoring pre-orders and decided we had enough" to put the book on retail shelves, company spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating said on Thursday.

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The book is set for a September 14 release, and 150,000 copies will be printed, up from a previously planned 125,000 copies, according to a Beaufort spokeswoman.

Keating said Barnes & Noble originally believed demand would not be high enough to put the book in stores. But online pre-orders have risen more than expected and the book has been on the top 100 list at barnesandnoble.com.

Unfortunately, with all the recent developments surrounding the "If I Did It" book, I've decided not to appear on the Oprah show with the Goldmans. And we are still talking with the Oprah show, but it will not be with them, with the Goldmans. At the time of accepting this proposition from Oprah, a publisher was not yet established and publication was still pending. I still hoped that the Goldmans could be swayed from public outcry. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

The Browns nor the Goldmans wanted this appalling book to be published in the first place. And it was written because it was written by the man that murdered Nicole and Ron. There was an opportunity for the Goldmans and I to give our differing points of view and also have a reaction from the public to give their point of view. The American public has spoken and continues to speak loud and clear on a petition and a blog that we have at Denisebrown.com.

Since then, the Goldmans have retained a publisher, who is rushing to get this book published as we speak and willing to market this book. And thus, it's made it impossible for me to go on the Oprah show with the Goldmans. First of all, and the most important thing is that I'm here for Nicole's children, for Sydney and Justin. The publishing of this book would send them back into the center of the storm when this murder first happened, this horrific incident in these children's lives 13 years ago.

Second, and for anyone to make available the words of a man who is a lying, murdering sociopath and a batterer, for anyone who was willing to publish something like this, I was up for that fight. I was ready to stand up and say and voice my opinion how disgusted I was to have this book see the light of day. But my intentions today have been clear from the beginning. The Goldmans, they're the ones that have flip-flopped their story. Originally, we did not want this book to see the light of day, and this is where I still stand. The Goldmans have turned our world upside-down by their unfathomable actions.

My work will continue to speak out for victims caught in the dynamics of domestic violence, and I'm here to save lives and to keep my promise to my sister, Nicole, so that she did not die in vain. Fred, please do not publish this book. Don't awaken the nightmare that we have all lived for the last 13 years. Take Simpson for every penny that he is worth without the publication of this book. He's getting moneys from the video game. He's going after that. He's getting — you know, he gets little pennies here and there, I mean, a thousand here, a thousand there. OK. Keep going after that, but don't publish this book.

Denise Brown, sister of O.J.'s dead ex, Nicole, and Fred and Kim Goldman, father and sister of Nicole's dead pal, Ron, agreed to confront each other about the publication on the Sept. 13 edition of the talk show hosted by the queen of book sales. Denise Brown wants a boycott of the book in which Simpson details how he would have murdered his ex-wife and her friend on the night of June 12, 1994 -- if he'd done it. She has expressed shock and horror that the Goldman family reached a deal for "If I Did It," to be published by New York-based Beaufort Books.

Simpson was acquitted of the murders, but a civil court jury in 1997 found him liable for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families. In March, an L.A. Superior Court judge ruled the rights to the book must be put up for auction and all proceeds paid to Fred Goldman, who is still looking to collect on that $33.5 million judgment against the football star turned actor/sports commentator. Before being awarded rights to the book, back when O.J. himself stood to see some coin off its sales, Goldman stood side by side with Denise Brown in being outraged at its publication.

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Oprah will weigh in on the book for the first time on what's sure to be a highly rated episode of her syndicated talk show -- and just three days into its new season. Everyone will be waiting to see whether she gives the concept thumbs up or down, because you know what can happen to a book when it gets Oprah's imprimatur. Ka-ching!

Citing a perceived lack of customer interest, the chain said the book would only be available by special order or for purchase online through Barnes & Noble.com. "Our buyers don't feel there will be enough of a demand to carry it in our stores," Barnes & Noble spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

A rival chain, Borders Group Inc., said Tuesday that it would stock "If I Did It," a ghostwritten, fictionalized account of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. But spokeswoman Ann Binkley said Borders "will not promote or market the book in any way." "We think it will have some interest in the first week or two, then die down," said Binkley, who added that Borders, which for the original book had planned to donate profits to charity, will not do so this time.

Simpson's book was first scheduled for publication last November by ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins, with an announced printing of 400,000. But "If I Did It" was dropped in response to widespread outrage. ReganBooks founder Judith Regan was later fired and her imprint disbanded. "It is Barnes & Noble's decision, not my decision, and the marketplace will determine whether they are right or not," Eric Kampmann, the owner and president of Beaufort Books, the new publisher of "If I Did It," told the AP. "But I think it's sad if they're making their decision based on the HarperCollins experience, which was a totally different situation."

The book rights were supposed to have been auctioned off in April, but the sale was canceled when Lorraine Brooks-which struck the reported $800,000 deal with HarperCollins parent News Corp. for Simpson last fall-filed for bankruptcy four days before the auction. Per the AP, at least $630,000 was transferred from the publisher to Lorraine Brooke, money that Simpson has said was spent almost immediately on bills and taxes. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg had ordered in March that any proceeds from the sale be turned over to the Goldmans.

Meanwhile, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jay Cristol ruled last month that Lorraine Brooks was a shell corporation, purely a means for Simpson to stash his book dough. And, even though Simpson's oldest daughter, Arnelle, was identified as being the head of the Miami company, it should be considered as belonging to Simpson, Cristol said.

In exchange for the full rights to the book, the Goldmans must pay the bankruptcy trustee 10 percent of the first $4 million in gross proceeds and an unspecified percentage of all proceeds-if any-after that, according to the terms of the settlement.

Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said, however, that the trustee didn't have the right to settle away the rights on his client's behalf.

TMZ has obtained a copy of the infamous manuscript by killer OJ Simpson where he outlines IF he had killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, HOW it went down. Get ready folks, it's disgusting.

The manuscript begins with the passage: I'm going to tell you a story you've never heard before, because no one knows this story the way I know it. It takes place on the night June 12, 1994, and it concerns the murder of my ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her young friend, Ronald Goldman. I want you to forget everything you think you know about that night because I know the facts better than anyone. I know the players. I've seen the evidence. I've heard the theories. And, of course, I've read all the stories: That I did it. That I did it but I don't know I did it. That I can no longer tell fact from fiction. That I wake up in the middle of the night, consumed by guilt, screaming.

As for the murders, Simpson describes a chilling scene:

I looked over at Goldman, and I was fuming. I guess he thought I was going to hit him, because he got into his little karate stance. "What the f*** is that?" I said. "You think you can take me with your karate shit?" He started circling me, bobbing and weaving, and if I hadn't been so f**ing angry I would have laughed in his face. "O.J., come on!" It was Charlie again, pleading. Nicole moaned, regaining consciousness. She stirred on the ground and opened her eyes and looked at me, but it didn't seem like anything was registering. Charlie walked over and planted himself in front of me blocking my view. "We are f***ing done here, man-let's go!"

A judge ordered yesterday that rights to O.J. Simpson's aborted book, "If I Did It," be sold at auction to help satisfy a civil judgment against the former football star -- meaning the book could find its way into stores. The ruling comes four months after Simpson's book about how he could have committed the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, was scrubbed by News Corp. media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg's decision comes at the request of Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, who expressed outrage at the original publication of "If I Did It" and now finds himself putting the manuscript back into circulation. Goldman's lawyer, David Cook, said his client did not necessarily want the book published but had determined that the rights to "If I Did It" were one of Simpson's few "visible assets." The auction could be held within 30 days, Cook said.

In his crude, expletive-laced account, Simpson suggests Nicole all but drove him to kill her. He describes her as the "enemy." She is taunting him with her sexual dalliances, he says, and carrying on inappropriately in front of their two children.

On June 12, 1994, Simpson attends his daughter Sydney's dance recital. He writes that he is in a foul mood after the performance, stewing over the behavior of his ex-wife. He is due to fly to Chicago late that night. But first he races to Nicole's Bundy Drive condominium in Brentwood. He parks in the dark alley behind her condo and dons the knit wool cap and gloves he keeps handy to ward off the chill on the golf course. He also has a knife in the Bronco, protection against L.A. "crazies." He intends to scare her. He enters through a broken back gate-he's told her a "million times" to get the buzzer and latch fixed—and encounters Goldman, who is returning the glasses of Nicole's mother, Juditha. She had left them at Mezzaluna, where the Brown family dined after Sydney's recital and where Goldman is a waiter. Simpson accuses Goldman of planning a sexual encounter with Nicole, which Goldman denies. Nicole tells Simpson to leave him alone. Goldman's fate is sealed when Kato, Nicole's Akita, emerges and gives him a friendly tail wag. "You've been here before," Simpson screams at Goldman.

At Simpson's criminal trial, to explain how one man could have killed two people, the Los Angeles County coroner theorized that Simpson knocked out Nicole, then quickly slit her throat before turning to Goldman. If the book's account is true, the coroner's hypothesis was correct-almost. Simpson writes that his ex-wife came at him like a "banshee." She loses her balance and falls hard, her head cracking against the ground. Goldman assumes a karate stance, further angering Simpson. He dares the younger man to fight. Then, in the book, Simpson pulls back. He writes, "Then something went horribly wrong, and I know what happened, but I can't tell you exactly how."

Simpson writes that when he regains control of himself, he realizes he is drenched in blood and holding a bloody knife. Both Nicole and Goldman are dead. Simpson heads back to the alley but before getting into the Bronco to flee, strips down to his socks. He rolls his bloody clothes and the knife into a small pile. (That's an important detail. The police never recovered those clothes or the murder weapon, but they did find Simpson's socks-with Nicole's blood on them-at the foot of his bed at his Rockingham estate.) As he nears his house, Simpson sees the limo that will take him to the airport for his Chicago trip. He steals onto his estate via a darkened, hidden path that takes him directly behind the guesthouse where Kato Kaelin is living. Simpson describes how he stumbles into an air conditioner for Kaelin's room, making a terrific racket-just as Kaelin told police he had heard.

U.S. District Judge Manual Real barred Simpson from spending his advance at least until a January 24 hearing on the lawsuit, said David Cook, Fred Goldman's attorney. Cook said that at the hearing the judge could order Simpson to pay the advance money to the Goldmans or keep it frozen until a trial on the matter. Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, could not be reached for comment.

The amount of the advance was never disclosed, but some reports have put it at around $1 million (515,000 pounds). Simpson has said he was paid less than that, and that he already spent the money. A public furore over the book If I Did It, in which Simpson muses over how he could have killed his ex-wife and Goldman, prompted News Corp. media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to scrap it and an accompanying television special in November.

Simpson was acquitted of the murders in 1995 after the so-called "Trial of the Century" but found liable for the deaths by a civil jury in 1997 and ordered to pay a $33.5 million judgement to the victims' families. The Simpson book deal and television interview were brokered for News Corp.-owned publishing house HarperCollins by Judith Regan, who was fired about a month later amid accusations of anti-semitism.

Goldman's lawsuit claims that Simpson set up a straw corporation called Lorraine Brooke Associates to collect the book advance from HarperCollins so that he could avoid paying the $33.5 million judgement

With the exception of some copies pilfered from warehouses, the entire 400,000 print run of If I Did It — in which Simpson "hypothesized" how he would have killed his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman — was slated to be destroyed. As with most celebrity tell-all tales, however, Simpson's rights to the material will eventually revert back to him. Though the exact contractual language has not been made public, a source close to Simpson tells TIME that O.J. gets certain rights returned 12 months after the original publication date — which means he should be in a position to resell his book before next Christmas.

Several European publishers are said to be clamoring to print the story in their respective territories. Murdoch's high-profile rejection has only made the book more attractive. (Imagine the cover blurb: "The book that Rupert Murdoch doesn't want you to read!") Indeed, soon after the cancellation, says the source, Simpson's camp asked Murdoch's representatives to surrender the rights earlier than the original deal stipulates so that Simpson can cash in overseas.

Fred Goldman, Ron's father, filed a lawsuit last week against both Simpson and Lorraine Brooke Associates, described by Goldman's lawyer as a "sham entity" formed to funnel the book's proceeds to the ex-football star. Goldman hopes not only to retrieve the $880,000 he says News Corp. paid Simpson as an advance, but he also wants Murdoch's company to give him all rights to If I Did It — print, audio and other peripheral sources of income from the project. "There was originally an indication they might be open to such an idea [turning all profits over to the victims' families]," says Goldman. "If they want to be through with this, they should have no problem turning over those rights to us." Adds Goldman's attorney, Jonathan Polak, "We're seeking to unwind all the transactions, including the transfer of the intellectual property." And so, alas, we will have to expect new chapters in the history of the crime of the last century.

The ghostwriter of O.J. Simpson's slimy tell-all book was a key prosecution witness against the ex-football great at his 1995 double-murder trial. The soon-to be-released "If I Did It" was penned by Pablo Fenjves, 53, an ex-neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson, the National Enquirer says. Fenjves testified he heard the "plaintive wail" of a dog the night Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were butchered in Brentwood.

Fenjves is reportedly a long-time friend of publisher Judith Regan, whose ReganBooks backed Simpson's memoir. Both Fenjves and Regan worked at the National Enquirer in the 1970s and were "close," a source at the tabloid told the Daily News. It is unclear how much Fenjves, who reportedly worked on the book with Simpson for six months, was paid to pen the 200-plus page tome. Fenjves would neither confirm nor deny his involvement yesterday, saying "ghost writers are contractually barred" from discussing projects.

Fenjves' testimony that "persistent" dog barking began around 10:15 p.m. on June 12, 1994, helped prosecutors establish the likely time of the murders - early enough for Simpson to have done the crimes and still have made it home in time to catch a limo to the airport. Simpson's defense lawyers insisted the murders took place after 11 p.m., when Simpson had an alibi. He flew to Chicago on a red-eye that night. Prosecutors theorized the "plaintive wail" Fenjves reported was the mournful howl of Nicole's Akita, Kato, whose paws were covered in blood when he was found later that night wandering near the murder scene.

"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," Mr Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp, said in a statement. "We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson."

All copies of the book, which had been due to hit bookstores on November 30, are now to be destroyed, according to people briefed on the publisher's plans. The move follows a public outcry over plans to air a two-part special this month featuring Mr Simpson and a hypothetical account of how he "would have" killed his ex-wife and her friend. In addition, the plans had triggered a rare case of public dissension within the News Corp media empire, with some Fox television stations refusing to air it.

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The television special was planned to coincide with the publication of Mr Simpson's book, OJ Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened, by News Corp's ReganBooks, an imprint of its HarperCollins division. Judith Regan, publisher of ReganBooks, said in a rambling eight-page statement last week she took on the project because she was a victim of domestic violence. She said she thought the money would benefit Mr Simpson's children. News Corp declined to comment on Ms Regan's future, whose ReganBooks division is extremely successful.

Last week, Geraldo Rivera and Bill O'Reilly, two of the best-known personalities on Fox News – News Corp's cable news channel owned by News Corp which is itself no stranger to controversy and criticism – attacked Fox television group's decision to air the programme. Mr Murdoch has stepped in to cancel book plans before. In 1996, when News Corp was seeking to do business in China, he cancelled the publication of a book by Chris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong, which was critical of the regime.