Book-related salaries

Maybe I'm not in the wrong business after all. Just at the wrong level!

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In a different compilation of numbers, NY Magazine publishes their annual salary guide, though many entries "inevitably, are guesses." Here are their publishing numbers:

Judith Regan
$1 million President and publisher, Regan Books

Sonny Mehta
$750,000 Chairman and editor-in-chief, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group

Ann Godoff
$400,000 President and publisher, the Penguin Press

Sam Tanenhaus
$180,000 Editor, The New York Times Book Review

Stephen Riggio
$4,813,567 CEO and vice-chairman, Barnes & Noble

Lisa Jong
$12,896 Clerk, Barnes & Noble(32 hours a week at $7.75 per hour)

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