New book about Joe Biden slated to publish week before presidential election
It’s not exactly an October surprise, but after a busy season in the Trump book game Simon & Schuster will be getting in the Biden business before the election rolls around.… Read more »
Bob Dylan’s Tarantula to receive the audiobook treatment
At last, the art of Nobel-prize-winning literary icon Bob Dylan can be encountered in a new format … audio. Ok, so you’ve been able to listen to Bob Dylan’s work many decades… Read more »
God help us if publishers become “the morals police”
For Publishers Weekly, Rachel Deahl reports that book publishers are pressing for “morality clauses” to be included in deals with new authors. In the most immediate sense, this is a… Read more »
President and publisher of an imprint at S&S becomes president and publisher of an imprint at HC
Last month, we briefly reported that Judith Curr, president and publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Atria Publishing Group, was stepping down, effective immediately. About two days ago, Publishers Weekly’s Jim Milliot reported that Curr will… Read more »
In the UK, corporate publishing profits swell, as authors’ share dwindles, according to the Society of Authors
Authors have been footing the bill for growing profit margins at Big Five publishers like Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, according to analysis presented by Nicola Solomon, chief executive of… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part IX: The flying monkeys multiply, but so does the opposition
On the day when the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report about a dramatic rise in hate groups that it blamed on “the Trump phenomenon” … on the day… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VIII: Enter the rainmaker?
Over water coolers throughout the book industry, discussion of the Milo Yiannopoulos book deal with Simon and Schuster is still raging. The overwhelming consensus is clear: Shame on Carolyn Reidy… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VII: Enter the Black Bloc, exit discernment
It was no surprise, but one has to wonder what the muckety-mucks at Simon and Schuster thought yesterday when Donald Trump made it official: He’s a huuuuge supporter of hate-speech monger… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VI: The growing resistance
If you want to see how Donald Trump’s not-so-peculiar brand of fascism could successfully roll out across America, you could do worse than making a study of what’s going on… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part V: The violence begins
So what do you get when you send a fascist provocateur out on a pre-publication book tour of college campuses? What should have been expected, that’s what: A riot culminating with… Read more »