The Book Editor Too Hot To Handle?

So Judith Regan was fired after her role in OJ’s book fiasco. Still. “It’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that Ms. Regan was fired not for her legendarily difficult personality — and not, or not just, because of her longstanding rivalry with HarperCollins’ Chief Executive Officer Jane Friedman — but for her repeated affronts to the bland conformity of New York publishing.”