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February 2, 2006By Michael Cader

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February 2, 2006By Michael Cader

Personnel News Longtime PGW executive Karen Cross, who most recently was evp of marketing there, is joining competitor Ingram Publisher Services, as vp of publisher relations. Remaining in the San Francisco area, Cross "will be responsible for the implementation of the next phase of the development" of Ingram’s distribution unit. Ingram senior vp Phil Ollila says in the announcement, "Eighteen publishers have joined us as distribution clients. We have found that in order to more effectively serve our current publishers and provide a platform for further growth, we needed to bring onboard an experienced distribution and marketing executive such as […]

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February 1, 2006By Michael Cader

Lunch for Wednesday, February 1

February 1, 2006By Michael Cader

“During the process of writing the book, I embellished many details about my past experiences, and altered others in order to serve what I felt was the greater purpose of the book. I sincerely apologize to those readers who have been disappointed by my actions.… “ “As I wrote, I worked primarily from memory. I also used supporting documents, such as medical records, therapists’ notes, and personal journals, when I had them, and when they were relevant.… “ “I altered events and details all the way through the book. Some of those include my role in a train accident that […]

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January 31, 2006By Michael Cader

Lunch for Tuesday, January 31

January 31, 2006By Michael Cader

Scholastic Confronted Again on Negative Option Clubs A couple has filed suit against Scholastic in a Seattle federal court, seeking class action status, over practices related to the company’s negative-option book club. A release from the plaintiffs attorneys charges, “according to the complaint, Scholastic uses its marketing presence within elementary schools to convince parents to purchase educational products, and then bombards parents with unsolicited goods, demanding payment in violation of state and federal law.” They compare their case to Federal Trade Commission charges that Scholastic settled in a consent decree last year. At the time, the FTC said the agreement […]

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January 30, 2006By Michael Cader

Lunch for Monday, January 30

January 30, 2006By Michael Cader

More IPO Drama Expected at Bertelsmann Though Bertelsmann executives have announced publicly that they are prepared for a public offering of shares in the company by minority owner Group Bruxelles Lambert, the FT reports that the controlling Mohn family is not at all prepared. One former company executive tells the paper, “For Liz Mohn it’s a dynastic question. She doesn’t want outsiders peering in because she fears for her children’s careers. That’s the battle for Bertelsmann of these last years.” But if Bertelsmann wants to buy out their partners, it’s estimated they would have to pay between 5 billion and […]

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January 29, 2006By Michael Cader

Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 30

January 29, 2006By Michael Cader

Monday, January 30 Our Usual Reminder If for some reason this has reached you even though you are not a paying member of PublishersMarketplace, please visit the link below to join us all the time for complete deal reports and more. Click to register http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/register.shtml Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]

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January 27, 2006By Michael Cader

Lunch for Friday, January 27

January 27, 2006By Michael Cader

The Day the Lies Stopped, and What Happens the Next Day I’m confident that you already know everything you want to know about James Frey and Nan Talese’s appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, and have formed whatever opinions you may. First, just a couple extra matters of fact. Yesterday afternoon, Doubleday as a house recanted its earlier position of full support and did issue an apology: “The controversy over James Frey’s A MILLION LITTLE PIECES has caused serious concern at Doubleday and Anchor Books. Recent interpretations of our previous statement notwithstanding, it is not the policy or stance […]

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