The publishing industry suddenly cares about whether its authors have integrity!

Though scribes Abigail Hart and Nancy Joyce Callahan weren't outed for passing off a fictional memoir, their gossip book Great Reservations: Two Concierges Dish about Outrageous Requests, Celebrity Encounters and Guests Behaving Badly at a Luxury Hotel may have violated confidentially agreements they signed with the Four Seasons Chicago when they worked there as concierges. And now their publisher is caving to fear.

The celebrity guest tell-all was supposed to hit bookstores on April 22; a PR campaign is already underway, and review copies have been mailed. But now that's all been canceled. Even the book's website, GreatReservations.com, is offline.

When the Four Seasons got wind of the coming tome, they notified Random House imprint Three Rivers Press that any material published would breach Hart and Callahan's privacy agreements. Except those two say they had been upfront about the confidentially contracts from the beginning.

And while the luxury hotel chain might want to protect its reputation of discretion, it's not like they were out to air the dirty laundry of celebs. Well, except John Cusack. Literally.

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