Dennis Kucinich Sues Publisher

Our siblings over at FishbowlDC report that Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D,OH) has sued Phoenix Books and Audio, Inc. over the company’s promotional efforts for his book.

The suit, filed in in Los Angeles Superior Court today, alleges that the company did not provide adequate support for his autobiography, “The Courage to Survive.” The Congressman is seeking compensatory damages, interest, and court fees for the suit.

Here’s more from the filing: “Phoenix has not released any proceeds from the publication, sale, or distribution of the autobiography and refuses to provide the congressman with an accounting of books sold. The publisher made negligible effort to promote the book, with scarce distribution – then did virtually nothing after.”

(Note: The bad blood between Kucinich and Phoenix has bubbled to the public surface before; back in January 2008, we touched upon the book’s low sales, despite claims by Phoenix publisher Michael Viner that he spent about $100,000 promoting the memoir with nearly no help from the author.)

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