Gus Hansen working on a book

[redCashion]

On the pokerwire podcast that Gus was on, he mentioned that he was about half way done on a book about his experience at the Aussie Millions tournament. I was surprised that he considered that to be enough material to write a book on. Are there any other examples of pros writing books on their experiences in a single tourney, and how did that book turn out?

[smbruin22]

yeah, moneymaker did a book on playing in just one tourney. worked out o.k.... in all seriousness, i'd read that gus was taping hands in earlier tournaments and he could have alot of poker thought in his book.. james mcmanus book is mostly tied into one tournament. can't remember details (i.e. whether that was his intention or not)

[gobbomom]

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On the pokerwire podcast that Gus was on, he mentioned that he was about half way done on a book about his experience at the Aussie Millions tournament. I was surprised that he considered that to be enough material to write a book on.

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he better give Jimmy a cut then.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi red:

We received a proposal for this book but told the agent that we would need to see a completed manuscript before we could make a decision. That was a couple of weeks ago and so far we have gotten no response.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Shandrax]

He better finish the project with Magriel. If that book would be half as good as "Backgammon", we would have a winner.

[eikyman]

Hey,

Gus recorded all his hands from the Aussie Millions tournament on his little tape recorder. The book is going to contain all hands played during the Aussie Millions tournament including comments and analyses. The book will be published in late spring 2008.

All the best

Erik
(Gus' Manager)

[dyinginabubble]

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Hey,

Gus recorded all his hands from the Aussie Millions tournament on his little tape recorder. The book is going to contain all hands played during the Aussie Millions tournament including comments and analyses. The book will be published in late spring 2008.

All the best

Erik
(Gus' Manager)

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Gus's manager? Is that like an agent?

So he was discussing all his hands into the tape recorder right there at the table, right in front of his opponents?

Is he going to submit the manuscript to Mason?

[eikyman]

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Gus's manager? Is that like an agent?
It sure is - handling all of Gus' business ventures. He also has a personal assistant.

So he was discussing all his hands into the tape recorder right there at the table, right in front of his opponents?
jep - he got up and recorded all of them in Danish and we have now finished almost all of the hands - it is going to be great and completely unique.
Is he going to submit the manuscript to Mason? Two+two wanted a complete manuscript before deciding so we went with another publishing house - which one will be revealed very soon.

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Erik

[mike1601]

I really look forward to that book..

[Mason Malmuth]

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Is he going to submit the manuscript to Mason? Two+two wanted a complete manuscript before deciding so we went with another publishing house - which one will be revealed very soon.


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I was sent a proposal from which we couldn't tell if the book would be good or not, so as with most authors or their representatives that make contact with us, we asked to see a completed manuscript before making any decision. Make sure you tell Gus that our authors normally make about five times in royalties than they do with other publishers, and that book sales with us are normally at least twice what they would be with other publishers. All that we ask for in return is that the book be extremely good, and the only way we can assure this is to see the manuscript.

Also, I hope that a lot of our readers see this post. Gus Hansen is a big enough name that even a mediocre book by him would make money for us, but we're not in it just for the money. Of course, truly excellent books also make lots of money, and we strive for that combination and are willing to give up titles if we can't be assured that's the case.

MM