FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2010, file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigns for Senate candidate Joe Miller, left in Anchorage, Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's stunning write-in victory was a political... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2010, file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigns for Senate candidate Joe Miller, left in Anchorage, Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's stunning write-in victory was a political... (Associated Press) 
 
 The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its release next week. 
 
 The legal complaint was filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Gawker published images of 21 of the book's pages and its dedication page. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" 
 
 Her publisher contends it is. The lawsuit asks that Gawker be banned from what it terms "further copyright infringement" and that Gawker deliver the source material to the publisher so it can be destroyed. HarperCollins is also seeking financial damages. 
 
 Gawker did not immediately respond to e-mails seeking comment Friday evening, but an item published the day before and titled "Sarah Palin Is Mad at Us for Leaking Pages From Her Book" defended the blog's actions and linked to websites defining the fair use doctrine of copyright law. 
 
 The blog was not the first site to publish excerpts from the book, which has been billed as a tribute to American values, but it refused to take them down after receiving a letter demanding that it do so, the lawsuit said. The Associated Press bought a copy of the book ahead of its Nov. 23 release date. 
 
 In it, Palin praises Simon Cowell and the movies "Juno," "Knocked Up" and "40-Year-Old Virgin." She accuses President Barack Obama of reflecting "a stark lack of faith in the American people." 
 
 Palin's first book, the memoir "Going Rogue," has sold more than 2 million copies. 

 Did you catch the excerpt we posted yesterday from Sarah Palin's new book? Sarah did. She tweets with rage: "The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book w/out my permission? Isn't that illegal?" 
 
 Update: 
 
 A federal judge ordered Gawker on Saturday afternoon to take down the leaked pages from Sarah Palin's book, America by Heart. The judge's order is below. 
 
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– Sarah Palin has really had it this time with the lamestream media: The twotime author's publisher is suing Gawker over the leak of several pages of her forthcoming book, America By Heart. Though the website wasn't the first to leak the excerpts, notes the AP, it refused to take them down, cheekily posting a link to the definition of fair use laws and instructing Palin to "skip the boring reading" and have one of her lawyers "walk you through it." HarperCollins Publishers is seeking to prevent Gawker from "further copyright infringement," as well as financial damages. Gawker had no immediate comment. The book is to be released Tuesday,