Muhammad Ali’s death had magazine and book publishers "scrambling over the weekend in a way that they have not done since Princess Diana died 18 years ago," according to Keith Kelly of the N.Y. POST. Time magazine "put up Robert Lipsyte’s Ali obituary ... within minutes of the late-night June 3 confirmation of the death of the boxing great." Time also "collaborated" with corporate siblings Sports Illustrated and People "for a special that aired across Time Inc. brands’ Web sites on Monday." Time also "beat all other weeklies to print with a commemorative issue that went to press Sunday and began hitting newsstands Monday -- four days ahead of its usual Friday sale date." People and SI today "have print editions hitting newsstands with Ali on the cover." SI also has a $14.99 special "hitting Friday, among other Time Inc. offerings." Thomas Hauser’s “Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest,” was "already into a 40,000 print run when the champ died." At W.W. Norton, the publication of the paperback edition of Davis Miller’s “Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts” is "being accelerated from its original November pub date" (N.Y. POST, 6/8).
