Release date scheduled for Ted Kennedy's memoir

The book's editor, Jonathan Karp of the Twelve imprint at the Hachette Book Group USA, noted the earlier release Wednesday during the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers.

Twelve spokesman Cary Goldstein said the book, titled "True Compass," would be listed in the publisher's fall catalog, out next month.

Kennedy, 77, was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, raising questions about the book's completion. Goldstein declined to say how much of the manuscript has been completed.

"True Compass," for which the Massachusetts Democrat reportedly received at least $8 million, is expected to provide a rare high-level account of the Kennedy family. Kennedy's slain brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, didn't write memoirs.

Kennedy's book, first scheduled to come out in 2010, builds upon the oral history project that Kennedy has been working on through the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs. The project, which began in 2004, will include interviews with the senator, family members, colleagues, journalists, foreign leaders and others.

Part of the proceeds from the memoir will be donated to charity, including the John F. Kennedy Library, where the senator's public and private papers eventually will be stored.