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"&lt;img alt=\"0628_paula_deen_ballentine_books_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/28/0628-paula-deen-ballentine-books-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The demolition derby known as &lt;strong&gt;Paula Deen&lt;/strong&gt;'s empire rolls on -- she's just been dropped by one of her publishers, which says it will no longer release her next project ... which was expected to be a best seller. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a statement released Friday, &lt;strong&gt;Ballantine Books&lt;/strong&gt; announced it has cancelled the publication of \"&lt;strong&gt;Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up&lt;/strong&gt;\".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But get this ... even though the book wasn't set to come out until October, it's already #1 on Amazon with pre-order sales. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ballantine adds its name to the long list of companies abandoning ship in light of Deen's n-word controversy ... &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/21/paula-deen-food-network-not-renewing-apology-n-word-contract/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Food Network&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/27/paula-deen-qvc-fired-dropped-n-word/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QVC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/28/jc-penney-paula-deen-fired-dropped/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JCPenny&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/24/paula-deen-dropped-smithfield-foods-pork-n-word/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Smithfield Hams&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, etc ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/06/28/companies-who-have-dropped-paula-deen/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0628_companies_dropped_paula_deen_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/28/0628-companies-dropped-paula-deen-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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