Book of the MonthWith so much consolidation...

Book of the Month

With so much consolidation among big entertainment and media giants, it’s no wonder they can’t seem to keep from stepping on each other’s toes when it comes to publishing tell-all books about each other’s operations.

Let’s see if we can keep it all straight:

The upcoming “Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia,” comes from publisher HarperCollins. It’s owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. which, of course, owns 20th Century Fox.

The just-published “‘Murdoch” comes from Simon & Schuster (make that Paramount Publishing, as of last week). It’s owned by Paramount Communications, which owns Paramount Pictures.

Soon to come: Paramount Publishing books on Walt Disney Co., Sony Pictures and the late Time Warner Chairman Steven J. Ross (which will mark the second Time Warner-related book Paramount has published since 1992).

Not a Major League Concern

As previously reported, the Dodgers are featured in Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz’s updated “100 Best Companies to Work For in America” because, the authors say, the team “treats employees like all-stars.”

The biggest minus for employees, according to Levering and Moskowitz, is that “some seasons are very long.”

Actually, it can’t be much of a concern these days, given that the team hasn’t made baseball’s playoffs since 1988.

And, with baseball’s worst record last year, it’s unlikely that working through an excessively long season is on the minds of many Dodgers employees now.

Limited Offer

One of the surest bets this year is that we’ll all be subjected to an endless nostalgia blitz marking the 30th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination this November.

Just in time comes a few unusual (some might argue tasteless) collector items from National Historical Mint in Boca Raton, Fla.

The mint is selling 5,000 bullets for $495 each that were recently fired from the same gun Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald (part of the $495 covers the cherrywood glass-top case and the “Ruby red” French-cut velvet lining that accompanies it.

Then there is the “bullet jewelry” from the gun (made using rubber molds of bullets fired from the gun). National Historical Mint is selling the jewelry for $125 to $825, in solid silver and 10-carat gold, “accented with top-quality Rubies.”

Briefly . . .

First Interstate last week named University of Washington regent Mary M. Gates to fill the seat on the Los Angeles bank’s board vacated by Secretary of State Warren Christopher (she’s also the mother of Microsoft Chairman/richest American Bill Gates). . . . How do you say “No anchovies” in Icelandic?: Dominos plans to open three pizza delivery outlets in Iceland. . . . Bet you didn’t know department: Super Bowl Sunday is considered one of the biggest bonanzas of the year for avocado sales.