Future Haggard book deals doubtful

The publisher who signed Ted Haggard to a multi-book six-figure contract in 2004 says of the disgraced televangelist "He has devalued his message" and that he doesn't see much point in trying to publish anything Haggard has to say about religion.

His wife, on the other hand -- that's a different story.

Pape also signed Haggard's wife, Gayle, to write about her marriage in A Life Embraced. He thinks the author with a real future is Gayle, who, when the lurid scandal crested in November, issued a courageous statement of painful yet abiding loyalty to her husband.

Pape emphatically said he would consider publishing Gayle Haggard again.

"I think her story is the bigger story, to be honest. She's a very talented and gifted woman, and her heartache gives her a broader message: 'How could you live with deceiving me and how could I not have known, and now how can I love you through this?'"

Yup -- and call Oprah while you're at it.