The judge’s verdict, following the application for injunctive relief filed by the publishing house Gutenberg against the publisher, Costas Vaxevanisall parties involved in the case expect, as today’s outcome of the legal dispute is estimated to determine both the communication strategy of the publishing house, as well as the next steps towards release of “Ithaca”.
However, the messages that reach the publishing house have, according to information, created a feeling of euphoria, as orders from its online store are massive and from customers beyond its traditional readers, while thousands of copies have been requested by large bookstores in the country. It is indicative that a well-known book distribution chain has already ordered 3,000 copies for Athens alone, at the moment when the preparations of Alexis Tsipras’s staff for the presentation of the book on December 3rd are at their peak.
Its publishing appeal, however, is a matter of whether it will ultimately be affected by the publication of excerpts on the documento website before its official release, although there are not a few who estimate that its path is predetermined and that potential readers – and recipients of Tsipras messages – will try to acquire it.
At the same time, Amalia Avenue was not involved in the legal dispute, to which the publishing house resorted, as it developed yesterday in the halls of Evelpidon between the two warring parties, with Costas Vaxevanis declaring for the former Prime Minister that his “rebranding was successful. After we concluded, in addition to Mitsotakis, Tsipras is also taking us to court.”
However, there are not a few, those inside and outside the SYRIZA PS “read” specific “political expediencies” behind the latest moves, without making it clear who or whom such an action would serve, such as the pre-publication of excerpts before the official release of the book, although they estimate that at the end of the day everything that has gone before will contribute to its even greater publicity, especially when it tends to develop into a significant publishing event.
At the same time, however, the appeal to Justice seemed to be the only way out for him publishing houseas the high interest inthe writings of Alexis Tsipras it is not excluded that it also triggered a new wave of leaks.
Much more, when the former Prime Minister did not leave anything out of his narrative, as he explained in his last interview, given that the recounting of events covers the entire time period of his active presence on the political scene, reaching the edges of 2025. In this context, the memoranda, SYRIZA, the experiences of governance, relations with partners and creditors and the real role that each played in the Greek debt crisis, without excluding the “destabilization” of some of the main protagonists, from the point of view of Alexis Tsipras.
“Riddle” the presences
After all, the deep confessional mood, as highlighted in the Tsipras perspective, has in recent days intensified the nervousness in the broader progressive space, starting with PASOK and ending with the escalating crisis in the New Left, when Amalias Avenue keeps the political and non-attendance at the central book presentation event as a top secret.