The Telegraph When news of the deal first broke in the American publishing press last week, the company said that it had not decided how to use the expected profits from the book. After angry protests that it stood to cash in on the 9/11 attacks, however, Doubleday announced that all the proceeds from the book, which has the working title Al Qaeda Reader, would be given to … [Read more...]

CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's to be titled the "Al Qaeda Reader." Publisher Doubleday says it will include writings by Osama bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, from the 1990s. News of the book prompted at least one publisher to raise a red flag about profits. "How do you deal with something like this, that is the issue I suppose most people wonder about. … [Read more...]

by Paul D. Colford New York Daily News IT'S COMING TO A bookstore near you - the radical views of Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri. New York publisher Doubleday said yesterday that next year it will release "The Al Qaeda Reader," a history of the terror network in its leaders' own words, but it insisted none will be paid for the writings. "We … [Read more...]

Is Doubleday violating Bin Laden's copyright? by Brendan I. Koerner Slate Doubleday, an American publishing house owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, is planning to release The Al Qaeda Reader in 2006. The book will consist primarily of translated writings by Osama Bin Laden and Egyptian Jihad founder Ayman al-Zawahiri, along with a smattering of other jihadist … [Read more...]