By Emily Witt 11/07/11 9:25am

publisher wars

Deepak Chopra.

Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra to Publish with Amazon

Crown Publishing Group might have given Deepak Chopra his very own imprint this past spring as a reward for having produced so many bestsellers, but Mr. Chopra’s Seven Spiritual Laws for Success do not apparently include a binding clause to tie him to his longtime publisher. Over the weekend, it was announced that Dr. Chopra and his brother Sanjiv Chopra have signed a “major” deal to publish a memoir with Amazon, which seems to concord with Deepak Chopra’s “Law of Detachment.” Read More

By Elise Knutsen 7/22/11 12:57pm

Manhattan Transfers

90 Prince Street

Om Yeah! Deepak Chopra’s Personal Yoga Instructor Buys at Discount

Yoga gurus Tara Stiles and Michael Taylor didn’t need to bend over backward to seal the deal for their new Soho loft. The property at 90 Prince Street was barely on the market a month before the couple snatched it up at a discounted price. Ms. Stiles (who is Deepak Chopra’s personal yoga instructor and the newest face of Jane Fonda’s WORKOUT series) and Mr. Taylor paid $1.78 million for the 1,400-square-foot home, which was originally listed for $1.85 million. Read More

By Emily Witt 4/27/11 10:30pm

Editors At Large

Deepak Chopra Gets His Own Imprint

Self-help mogul Deepak Chopra will join the growing ranks of celebrities hired to draw from their “broad network of contacts” to “initiate, recommend and submit” books for publication at divisions of Random House. Unlike Dana Perino or Ruth Reichl, Dr. Chopra will have his own eponymous imprint at Crown, Deepak Chopra Books. According Read More

By Gabriel Sherman 11/17/03 12:00am

Le Divorce

John (Jack) Welch Jr., the former chairman of the $131 billion General Electric Corporation, recently lost the sprawling $11.25 million condo at the Trump International Hotel and Tower that was owned by his former employer, G.E. Mr. Welch was forced to purchase the 3,600-square-foot apartment for his ex-wife, Jane Beasley, following their rancorous divorce settlement Read More