Alan Joyce writing a memoir

[SYD]

Koalas aren't cute and cuddly either.
They're dirty and smell of urine, they'll scratch you to the bone and they carry chlamydia.

Sounds like some people I encountered during my corporate life.

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

With his ego you sort of get the feeling that he only wants access to bigger jobs.

100%. I did watch the 60 Minutes interview and when he said his "goal" had always been to be a CEO by the time he was 40, I was like, "Ah; yes."

 

[Q Class Plebeian]

Be quick because I think it will be just a short print run.

 

[Saab34]

Joe Aston has now put out an article.

Alan Joyce, the king of delusions

The Alan Joyce comeback tour is now in full swing, but even the awesome power of his reality-distortion force field can’t rewrite history.

www.afr.com

 

[RooFlyer]

Joe Aston has now put out an article.

Discussion :

Post in thread 'AFR's Joe Aston goes BAM!'

Jul 31, 2026

For those able to access The Fin: Alan Joyce, the king of delusions

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[Saab34]

Crashed on Amazon now #113.

 

[Big John]

IMHO 1 star out of 5 stars seems overly generous !

 

[Mattg]

IMHO 1 star out of 5 stars seems overly generous !

I did find a version of "Riding the Jetstream" that managed to get a 4/5 rating. But that book is about hot air ballooning.

Riding the Jetstream:The Story of Ballooning from Montg…

Ballooning can be both an all-absorbing hobby and a com…

www.goodreads.com

Ironically, AJ's book probably has more hot air.

 

[Seat0B]

When they are surroundd they cry like a baby but if you get too close they fight.

@SYD - This also sounds like people I’ve met in my corporate life!

 

[Quickstatus]

Discounts have started
I am unsure if it means anything

 

[Saab34]

Perhaps releasing a book with a big smiling photo of one self on the front with a quote from a board member claiming xx is the best CEO ever (or whatever nonsense it said) wasn’t the best of ideas?

I actually didn’t zoom in and read those quotes on the front, but seriously, who on earth would publish something like this. He would be better off not having a photo of himself and perhaps not having a board members glowing opinion of how good he is on the front. Talk about self serving.

 

[Quickstatus]

wasn’t the best of ideas?

Writing a book can also be problematic because a book deal with a publisher means the author has to do some book promotion.

Up till now , the book promotions including interviews has been a dumpster fire.

 

[Saab34]

And with the dumpster fire comes baggage that prospective employers simply would rather not get involved with.

And no doubt he will want to price his services at a premium. Would be chasing another hundred million for another decade of service.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Discounts have started
I am unsure if it means anything

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It was that price on pre-order before release.

 

[Mr H]

Jayne Hrdlicka went from JQ to a milk company, then to VA and is now CEO of BWS/Dan Murphy’s.

BWS/Dan Murphy probably thought the idea of someone called Hrdlicka selling hard liquor was too good to pass up.

 

[Quickstatus]

price on pre-order

Ah , the dark arts of book preorders.
Preorders allow the publisher to estimate the initial print numbers

It's too early to see it on the charts

 

[Saab34]

Not sure that plan was for the book for ever be a huge hit, I think it was more him coming out of the woods reminding everyone he still exists, how he supposedly saved the place, and how good he is (see the quote on the front). All about driving the dialogue etc. Come hire me!

I’m not overly sure it worked.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Not sure that plan was for the book for ever be a huge hit, I think it was more him coming out of the woods reminding everyone he still exists, how he supposedly saved the place, and how good he is (see the quote on the front). All about driving the dialogue etc. Come hire me!

I’m not overly sure it worked.

I’m. It sure theees anything ‘new’ that Joe didn’t discuss already? And the problem was that Joe’s book didn’t leave much wriggle room.

The 60 Minutes interview revealed nothing new… which would have been handy to hook interest in the memoir. Without that…

 

[RooFlyer]

Preorders allow the publisher to estimate the initial print numbers

That’s not usually how it works in my experience. The print run is determined way before any pre-orders are taken. Print run is a large determinant of price not the other way round.

A 30% discount on pre-orders is rather steep.

 

[Quickstatus]

The print run is determined way before any pre-orders are taken

How do they estimate it without an early indication of demand?