PGW Gets Rich Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump have picked PGW to distribute their October book, WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH: Two Men — One Message. The distributor will also sell RICH WOMAN by Kim Kiyosaki, and two other fall titles from Rich Press. German Publisher Drops Google Suit Google has made progress […]
Archives for June 2006
Lunch for Wednesday, June 28
Bertelsmann Buys Portugal’s Top Retailer Bertelsmann’s Direct Group is buying Bertrand Livreiros, Portugal’s largest bookstore chain, for an estimated 20 to 30 million euros. The company has 48 retail outlets, and owns a publisher and a wholesaler as well. The book club group, which has been an anemic performer for Bertelsmann, is expected to stop […]
Lunch for Tuesday, June 27
Canada’s Price Adjustments Canada continues to reckon with high printed book prices as a result of the decline of the US dollar. As consumer pressure continues, publishers are announcing plans to lower prices on backlist as well as new books. The Globe and Mail notes: “Most publishers have already made pricing changes with new books, […]
Lunch for Monday, June 26
Book by High-Ranking Agent In Conflict with Tenet Resurfaces at Carroll & Graf Former CIA European operations chief Tyler Drumheller and former CIA director George Tenet have clashed in their respective accounts of when agency leaders and senior Administration officials became aware of the unreliability of intelligence provided by the Iraqi defector known as Curveball, […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, June 26
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Lunch for Friday, June 23
Director’s Take on Disney Has LA Talking Director M. Night Shyamalan makes news in LA for remarks in the forthcoming The Man Who Heard Voices as he “crucifies the top executives at the company he long had considered his artistic home since his 1999 surprise hit The Sixth Sense: Walt Disney Studios.” The LA Times […]