Alex Salmond’s memoir publisher choice criticised

A Scots publisher has stepped up his attack on Former First Minister Alex Salmond for giving his memoirs to a publisher associated with media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Alex Salmond. Picture: Ian RutherfordAlex Salmond. Picture: Ian Rutherford
Alex Salmond. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Hugh Andrew, managing director of Edinburgh-based Birlinn, the independent publisher, said that Mr Salmond had allowed himself to be “bought and sold for English gold” by choosing William Collins, an arm of Harper Collins, a subsidiary of Mr Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Mr Salmond’s “The Dream Shall Never Die: 100 Days That Changed Scotland”, his version of last year’s historic events, is due to be published on 19 March.

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Mr Andrew said that if Mr Salmond had chosen a Scottish publisher it could “have changed their lives”.

The cover of the autobiography. Picture: ContributedThe cover of the autobiography. Picture: Contributed
The cover of the autobiography. Picture: Contributed

He described Mr Salmond as being financially “comfortable” and raised the question of the former First Minister seeking to maximise his income.

Mr Salmond was also accused of regarding Scottish publishers as not being good enough for him.