He's done something similar himself
The "About me" section of his official website is entitled "A brief history of mine".

www.hawking.org.uk/about/aindex.html
(BlueLemur, Thu 17 Aug 2006, 20:40, archived)

Does that have an intro by Katie Price or feature a poorly shopped picture of the cover of his book?
I think not.
( Roland E O'Dorant R Tape loading error, 0:1, Thu 17 Aug 2006, 22:47, archived)