Amanda Knox’s upcoming memoir has a title, a cover design and a new publication date.

HarperCollins announced that the book is entitled Waiting to be Heard and it will come out on April 30, two months later than originally scheduled. The date was changed out of deference to the court in Italy that scheduled a March 25 hearing for the prosecution’s appeal of the former exchange student’s acquittal over the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.

The 25-year-old Ms Knox returned to her native Seattle, Washington, in 2011 after spending four years in a Perugia jail.

Her ordeal made international headlines and her book deal, announced in February, was reportedly worth €3 million.

“Amanda Knox will share the truth about her terrifying ordeal,” HarperCollins said in a statement earlier this year.

“Knox will give a full and unflinching account of the events that led to her arrest in Perugia and her struggles with the complexities of the Italian judicial system.

“Aided by journals she kept during her imprisonment, Knox will talk about her harrowing experience at the hands of the Italian police and later prison guards and inmates,” the publishing house said.

“She will reveal never-before-told details surrounding her case, and describe how she used her inner strength and strong family ties to cope with the most challenging time of her young life.”

The cover photo, featuring a close-up of an intense, unsmiling Knox, was taken earlier this year. (AP)