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LOS ANGELES, March 19 (Reuters) - A new book by embattled Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner on the lessons about life he learned at summer camp has been delayed for about a year, publisher Warner Books said on Friday, adding that the book will be out for Father's Day 2005.

"We just felt that we wanted to publish at a time when he was able to promote it properly," said Warner spokeswoman Emi Battaglia.

Warner decided five days after Disney's contentious annual meeting, at which Eisner's reelection to the board was opposed by 43 percent of votes, that the plan for a Father's Day 2004 launch should be postponed, probably for a year.

The book, "Camp," is a fond look at the Camp Keewaydin, the Vermont summer camp that Eisner attended as a boy and worked at as a counselor, and where Eisner says he learned lessons about teamwork and life.


Time Warner Book Group Chairman and Chief Executive Laurence Kirshbaum decided that there was enough material for a book after hearing Eisner give a talk in 2001 called "What I Did on my Summer Vacation."

But Eisner has plenty of pressing issues to cut into his book tour time, from former board members calling for his ouster to the possibility that cable operator Comcast Corp will renew its bid to take over Disney.

Warner had planned a first run of 150,000 copies of "Camp" ahead of the June 2004 launch, although the publisher may revise that number next year.

Warner promised to publish the book no matter what happens in the saga with Disney and Eisner, who will donate his earnings from the book to charity.
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Eisner's book on life's lessons delayed a year


03/20/2004 02:52

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[iluvstitch]

I doubt too many people would buy it if it was released on the market today.

[MouseMan]

It would be sold in the humor section! LOL!