Wednesday, July 08, 2020

8 July 2020: Bidding Begins for Right to Publish Cuomo's Pandemic "Leadership" Book

This timeline entry was retroactively added on 22 November 2021, based on the findings of the New York State Assembly's impeachment probe report.

Impeachment Investigation Report to Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Lavine and the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee

The following excerpt describes some of the auction process for Andrew M. Cuomo's pandemic "leadership" book deal:

An auction process for the Book began on July 8, 2020 and involved three publishers. PRH’s bid started at $750,000, and, after several rounds, bidding escalatedinto the $5 million range.

PRH refers to Penguin Random House, the publisher that originally reached out to solicit a book from Cuomo on his leadership in the coronavirus pandemic on 19 March 2020.