Books are money laundering.
Book deals are all about money laundering at this level. It's a way to shift otherwise very suspect finances without arousing suspicion.
Until now.
Brandine! Sumone dun cut the wheels off of my combine harvester!! Doin's are a-transpirin!
How much did Hilldawg get paid for her book that tanked? That was one expensive failure but Hilldawg made a killing (sarc).
These book deals are like the film 'The Producers'. They don't care if the book fails as long as they get the money.
'Springtime for Hilldawg'?
The book deals are financial transactions that can be tracked. If the funds can be proven to be laundered money, then the SHTF. That's why the CEO is getting out of the company now, they know what's coming.
"How to Make a Killing" is the follow-up book. Like Chubble's book, 'She Persisted' ion being a twat. It's ghost-written shit just to launder money.