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Gerard Colby (earlier known as Gerard Colby Zilg) (born 1950) is an author and past-president of the US National Writers Union, where he previously held various chair positions. From 1997 to 2001 he served as chair of the Vermont section.

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  • جيرارد كولبي (ar)
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  • جيرارد كولبي (بالإنجليزية: Gerard Colby)‏ هو صحفي أمريكي، ولد في 1945. (ar)
  • Gerard Colby (earlier known as Gerard Colby Zilg) (born 1950) is an author and past-president of the US National Writers Union, where he previously held various chair positions. From 1997 to 2001 he served as chair of the Vermont section. (en)
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  • جيرارد كولبي (بالإنجليزية: Gerard Colby)‏ هو صحفي أمريكي، ولد في 1945. (ar)
  • Gerard Colby (earlier known as Gerard Colby Zilg) (born 1950) is an author and past-president of the US National Writers Union, where he previously held various chair positions. From 1997 to 2001 he served as chair of the Vermont section. He is notable for authoring Du Pont: Behind The Nylon Curtain. The 1974 publication was put under contract by Prentice-Hall in anticipation of a significant quantity of books sold to Book of the Month. The book painted a portrait of DuPont enterprises and the DuPont family that was characterized as "sober but unflattering" by some but as presenting a Marxist interpretation of the company by others. In response to pressure from DuPont, Book-of-the-Month cancelled its preorder. In anticipation of lower sales, Prentice-Hall reduced its print run and scaled back its marketing plans. Colby (Zilg) sued Prentice-Hall for breach of contract. In the federal case Zilg v Prentice-Hall, Inc., the Federal District Court in New York awarded Colby damages of $24,000. In 1984 the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the ruling. The US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal the same year. The suit is an important example of case law relating to the practice of privishing (private publishing) where a publishing house reduces its print run and support of a book so much that the book fails to reach the public. (en)
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