Tag Archives: St. Martin’s Press

Book View, February 2003

PEOPLE Lots happening in the sales and distribution world: The big — though not unexpected — news is that, following Kristina Peterson’s departure from Simon & Schuster, Rick Richter has been named President of the S&S Children’s Publishing Division, a position he held prior to Peterson’s arrival. He is currently President of the S&S Sales…Continue Reading

Forsaken Frankfurt?

Amid Post-Book-Fair Grumbling, London Gains on the Buchmesse “Deplorable, but not lethal” was the official word on southbound exhibitor numbers at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair — they tumbled 4%, a figure direly reported to the trade as “the biggest decline in the fair’s 54-year history” — and it made for a condign summation of…Continue Reading

Osho, Guru Extraordinaire, Is Long Gone — But His Books Live On

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT INSIDE.COM (5/15/01) Nearly two decades after he captivated the world with escapades of gonzo spirituality as the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh — he with the fleet of 93 Rolls-Royces and a controversial 64,000-acre commune in Oregon — the guru today known as Osho has been reincarnated as a mind-body-spirit book phenom. Indeed, 11…Continue Reading