Word: bantam
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...think there is a wide audience for these books," says Linda Grey, Bantam's vice president, publisher and editor in chief. "Ferraro, Yeager, Iacocca all have stories that are unique, and that no one else can tell. Each of these touches on things that many people want to know. In each case, the readership extends beyond the normal book-buying public...
...political figures really "don't create big books," a number of publishers are soon going to be surprised, sorrowful and even stricken, because the most notable fad in the book business this season has been the wild-eyed flinging of dollar bills in the general direction of Washington. Bantam has paid "about" $1 million to Geraldine Ferraro for Ferraro: My Story, due in October; Simon & Schuster "more or less" $1 million to Jeane Kirkpatrick for her U.N. memoirs; and Random House $1 million to House Speaker Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill...
Though big-name autobiographies have always been reasonably popular, the boom in megabuck success stories--political, financial, sporting and otherwise--started with Bantam's astonishing sales of Iacocca, more than 2 million copies in hardcover and still the No. 2 nonfiction best seller after eight months as No. 1. Indeed, the only hardcover that is selling better is another autobiographical success story from Bantam, Yeager, by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos...
...Championship match to Trinity 7-2. With his hip still bothering him, Broadbent dropped down to the No. 4 slot on the ladder and easily defeated his opponent Yvain Badan. But only Blumberg could muster another victory for the Crimson, and Harvard ended 2005 still looking up at the Bantam dynasty...
...Trinity essentially dominated the collegiate scene, going undefeated en route to two Howe Cup victories. It was only last season that Yale, now ranked No. 1, ended the Bantam reign with dual meet and Howe Cup wins...