It Was Just Before Christmas When Jamie Byng Was Contacted... [Derived Headline]
Sunday Herald › January 23, 2011
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IT was just before Christmas when Jamie Byng was contacted by a London literary agent and asked if he was interested in publishing a book by Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who is credited, in Time magazine's estimation, with "the largest unauthorised release of contemporary classified information in history".
For 42-year-old Byng, who since 1994 has run the Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate, it was one of those marquee moments he will long cherish, underlining as it undoubtedly does his bijou company's transition from small fry to big fish.See the full content of this document
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It Was Just Before Christmas When Jamie Byng Was Contacted... [Derived Headline]
"We immediately here at Canongate thought this was something very, very interesting," he says, trying in vain to disguise his undoubted delight. "And complicated too, because it's not as straightforward as some acquisitions and we're as aware as anyone of how Julian divides people.
"You know, many people regard him as an enormously important figure and that what he's done with WikiLeaks is something that was overdue and truly important. Other people, not least members...See the full content of this document
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