FIRM SUCKERED BY PHONY MAFIA SCION: From the people who gave Hillary an $8M book deal

NY POST ^ | 8/28/02 | JOHN LEHMANN

[Liz]

A small-time con man duped Simon & Schuster into bankrolling and publishing a book about the mob by allegedly lying that he was the grandson of Carlo Gambino - the man who inspired "The Godfather."

The prestigious publishing firm paid the hoodwinking author $500,000 and promoted his book, "The Honored Society," by describing him as "Michael Gambino - the highest-ranking mob member ever to record the innermost workings of the Honored Society."

[Liz]

Don't these people ever think about where they are throwing all this money? Maybe they have Arthur Andersen types doing their deals. Their accounting books might make good reading. Maybe the SEC should read them.

Oh, I just can't wait til S&S discovers Hillary's $8M con job. Do they think people will really buy her lies about those glorious days in the WH when Bill was trolling for campaign dollars and interns? And she was setting the nation up for a Clinton 11 presidency.

Maybe she oughta title the book, "What I Learned from Machiavelli."

[Liz]

News reports also say, " Simon & Schuster were so impressed with the 268-page hardcover tome initially, it also released the book in audio form and had plans to publish a paperback version later this year."

Guess they'll go whole hog with Hillary, too {{blech}}}}.

[maica]

What is she going to write, when she doesn't 'have any recollection' of anything that went on before or during her White House years?

[Capriole]

This is hilarious. In the business world you're supposed to exercise due diligence--or as it's often put, "do a due diligence"--to make sure any business situation you're getting into is sound and is what it appears to be. These guys at Simon and Schuster were simply so crazed with greed that they didn't even check to see who they were handing half a million bucks to. Amazing. They deserve to be screwed out of their money for trying to make money from crime.

[Liz]

Yeah, working title is, " The Torture of Dealing With Amnesia in the WH."

[Liz]

These guys at Simon and Schuster were simply so crazed with greed that they didn't even check to see who they were handing half a million bucks to.

Yup. As I noted above, I think their accounting practices might prove interesting.

[Psalm 73]

Yea, I believe this is one of the publishers that turned down Ann Coulter's "Slander".
ie; liberals are IDIOTS...(false)ideology is more important than ANYTHING!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Not many people here think that Hitlery's eight million was a straight up book deal. We call it payment from several different sources for services rendered and plent of future considerations out of her. It's legal funny money.

[Liz]

Liberals.....{{{barf}}] {{{blech}}}} {{{hurl}}}....stupidity personified.

[mewzilla]

There's a stockholder...er, sucker born every minute.

[Liz]

To underline your point about the Clintons' services rendered for future payout, click here.



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/740479/posts?page=2

[mewzilla]

And they like to pay for their stupidity with other people's money.

[Liz]

Good one..........

[Dante3]

Considering the unneccsarily large advances given to numerous authors, I'm left wondering: How much kickback was there to the editors who okayed the deals?

[PoisedWoman]

Thanks for this post. Agent Joel Gottler better come out clean on this deal, as he's considering handling a deal for moi....oh dear oh dear. If you read/post anything further on this case, please flag me.

[Liz]

Good point......

[GeneD]

AP is reporting that Nielsen BookScan says the opus has sold 21,289 copies. That means Viacom/S&S spent $23.49 a copy on the advance. I don't think Sumner and Mel got their money's worth.

[Liz]

Spent 23.49 to promote a phony book that sold for what? $25.00? As I said above, the bookkeeping on this one oughta be interesting.

So will the books they keep on the Hitlery debacle.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of charlatans.

[Dante3]

I doubt any of the editors tought Hillary's book would bring in enough money to warrant this advance. Most likely it was to funnel money to her. The only other reason for this huge advance was that someone was getting a kickback.

[Liz]

BTTT