Mumbai: Jitendra Bhargava, whose book The Descent of Air India has been withdrawn from the market by his publishers, Bloomsbury, has decided to either republish it himself or get a new publisher. He told dna on Thursday that he held the copyright to the book and he was perfectly within his legal rights to have the book published again.
dna had reported on Wednesday that Bloomsbury, which is a multinational publishing firm, had decided to withdraw the book from the market following an out-of-court settlement with former civil aviation minister Praful Patel.
Patel had filed a defamation case in a Mumbai metropolitan magistrate’s case last November against Rajiv Beri of Bloomsbury and Bhargava. Beri opted to enter into an out-of-court
settlement with Patel through the latter’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde.
Bhargava said it was shocking that Bloomsbury decided to strike a deal with Patel behind his back. “I am the author of the book and yet Bloomsbury did not think it necessary to keep me in the loop,” he added.
17/01/14 S Balakrishnan/Daily News & Analysis
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dna had reported on Wednesday that Bloomsbury, which is a multinational publishing firm, had decided to withdraw the book from the market following an out-of-court settlement with former civil aviation minister Praful Patel.
Patel had filed a defamation case in a Mumbai metropolitan magistrate’s case last November against Rajiv Beri of Bloomsbury and Bhargava. Beri opted to enter into an out-of-court
settlement with Patel through the latter’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde.
Bhargava said it was shocking that Bloomsbury decided to strike a deal with Patel behind his back. “I am the author of the book and yet Bloomsbury did not think it necessary to keep me in the loop,” he added.
17/01/14 S Balakrishnan/Daily News & Analysis
