Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

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Post  Portia on Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:53 pm

PeterMac wrote:
aiyoyo wrote:
Sunday February 12,2012
By Sunday Express reporter
SNIP The hardback raised £2million for the Madeleine Fund.

There we have it, in black and white.
Let us see whether the "Fund" accounts for next year show that.


Why do you assume the nett profits from KMs book will be donated to Fund Ltd?
Did KM say she would do so?
Why would she do that, hand over her private income to the Ltd?

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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  tiny on Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:00 pm

i dont think it matters where it goes ,but you can bet your bottom dollar not one penny of it will be spent on looking for Madeleine.


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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  tiny on Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:43 pm

given all the news today,ie the book and about Sr Amaral,do you think there could be any truth in the tapas 7 being interviewed and the recontruction.

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Kate's New Book -to debute in Spring.

Post  sijm on Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:16 pm

Am I missing something here, everyone is talking about Kate's new book being debut in spring, what if they find proof that Madeleine is most likely dead by then before then.

I beleive the book title includes ON-GOING SEARCH! Do they know already that this case will be an ongoing search next May, the gravy train to go on and on like the Jonbennet case, creating jobs and cash funds for the IT,TV and psychics industry.

Please everyone don' give up on finding Madeleine, there is plenty of evidence the investigation could bring about, althought it would be obvious to one and all that there would not be much left of her remains her cloths would'nt have deteriorate that fast, they rot yes, but DNA can still be gathered from them and whatever receptacle she was placed in (if she was)would have DNA on it to prove it was Madeleine.

Madleine has been a used little child in one way or another since her dissappearance, made an icon for all those missing, abused kid and I beleieve she will lead us to her, if she has not done so already.

Unfortunately I fear those who are investigating shall never be able to nail the perp unless there is a massive awakening of conscience or someone wants to earn mega bucks and take heed, the need for money is a disease and he/she who knows or any evidence on the fate of Madeleine will have an accomplice, but, can he/she trust them for the rest of thier lives for there is a vast fortune to be made by telling all. its like a ticking bomb

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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  aiyoyo on Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:22 pm

pauline wrote:
PeterMac wrote:
aiyoyo wrote:
Sunday February 12,2012
By Sunday Express reporter
SNIP The hardback raised £2million for the Madeleine Fund.

There we have it, in black and white.
Let us see whether the "Fund" accounts for next year show that.


now where did the Sunday express reporter get that £2million figure - probably made it up.

The Fund accs to march 2011 did not show the initial (and presumably substantial) advance Kate would have got on signing the book contract in Oct 2010. Am I allowed to say it is a 'mystery' where the advance is, or is that libellous?

Could the cheque from the publishers to kate be 'in the post'?


Ya, I think the reporter plucked the figure out of thin air, unless the figure was supplied by mccanns' source.

280,000 copies reportedly sold - assuming each average 10/book then that would be 2.8M.
So where did the 2M profit comes from. Even if there's 2M profit in it, surely the bulk of it goes to the publisher.
Unless they've had an advance from Transworld plus serialisation with the Sun total up to 2M.
If that being the case, then they made more profit on the back of Maddie's name than Amaral, yet they've the cheeks to criticise him who reportedly made only a fraction compared to them. If profiting from book is a sin, then the mccanns should look into the mirror before they passed judgement.

The poster who said not a penny will go towards the search is correct 'cause the bulk of their collected fund goes to legal bills.

So how can the spokesperson of Transworld term kate's first book as a phenomenal success is a great mystery - if it is a success, where is Maddie - has Maddie been found?
Since according to kate, her book is to engage the public in the search!
If profit is the determinant of success, at the end of day its about Money than Maddie. What a bloody joke!

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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  pauline on Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:29 pm

from a publishers point of view, success would relate to the no of sales and whether after taking into account the advance they paid to Kate, and printing and marketing costs, there was any money left over (profit) for them. Whether the book in any way helped the search for Madeleine is not an issue for the publisher.

Now a publisher might well be less than truthful about a book that was less successful than they had anticipated, especially when it was a hyped book like this one. Undoubtedly it did sell a lot of copies but what we dont know are the contractual terms, and whether after allowing for advances (normally not refundable) and expenses, Transworld made any money at all.


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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  aiyoyo on Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:08 pm

pauline wrote:from a publishers point of view, success would relate to the no of sales and whether after taking into account the advance they paid to Kate, and printing and marketing costs, there was any money left over (profit) for them. Whether the book in any way helped the search for Madeleine is not an issue for the publisher.

Now a publisher might well be less than truthful about a book that was less successful than they had anticipated, especially when it was a hyped book like this one. Undoubtedly it did sell a lot of copies but what we dont know are the contractual terms, and whether after allowing for advances (normally not refundable) and expenses, Transworld made any money at all.



Well if it was a phenomenal success, surely they are raking it in? Publisher only talk in terms of $ and cents.

Else, how else can they apply the word success to mean?
It's not as if they tag success with findability of Maddie, as in they got more leads as a result of the book?

I think the publisher is not losing money, but not making hugh profit either - the hugh success talk is just PR.


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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  Cheshire Cat on Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:16 pm

The granting of the Met Review was timed to coincide with the launch of the book so it is not suprising that the agenda will continue to be set by the McCanns and the updated book will coincide with a progress report from the Met.

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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  juliet on Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:24 pm

Could this be Richard Desmond having another poke at the McCanns? The story highlights the fact that the hardback book made around £2 million - money which is most unlikely to be ever found in the Fund accounts IMO (every time we read about the Fund it's down to its last £500,000). The story also brings in the SY review, which probably is causing Kate McCann real anxiety. It's pretty certain SY aren't telling HER anything to put in her paperbewk.

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Re: Kate's new book- to debut in Spring!

Post  aiyoyo on Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:08 am

Cheshire Cat wrote:The granting of the Met Review was timed to coincide with the launch of the book so it is not suprising that the agenda will continue to be set by the McCanns and the updated book will coincide with a progress report from the Met.


Hmmm....I thought book release date was timed to coincide with Maddie's b/day anniversary?
Looks like she intends to revise and update her "version of an account of the truth" annually - it's a nice annual bonus for her.
I didn't buy her last book and don't intend to go anywhere near her new one even if given to me, she makes my skin crawls.

They may try to spin the Yard's review, but I would be surprised if the yard keeps them informed.

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