Dancing the Dream
Dancing the Dream was published by Doubleday on June 18, 1992, seven months after the release of Jackson's 1991 Dangerous album.Jackson dedicated Dancing the Dream to his mother Katherine, and the book has an introduction written by his longtime friend Elizabeth Taylor.Furthermore, the volume includes photographs converted from stills of Jackson's music videos such as "Black or White" (1991) and "Remember the Time" (1992).Prior to publication, Dancing the Dream was hailed by the publishers as a book that would "take us deep into [Jackson's] heart and soul", as well as "an inspirational and passionate volume of unparalleled humanity".[10] A representative for Doubleday (Marly Rusoff) revealed in March 1993 that the company shipped 133,000 copies of the book, and took around 80,000 returns and 3000 reorders."[11] Suzanne Mantell of Publishers Weekly felt that Dancing the Dream did not create the "important buzz that gives a book a life and saves it from cultural oblivion ... Jackson may draw an audience of 65 million when he appears on Oprah, but the consensus among booksellers is that bookbuyers don't care, and that this one was a dog.