Slate talks to many of the conservative books editors about Milo Yiannopoulos’s book proposal, and the NYT covers a couple as well. “It appears that Yiannopoulos was actively shopping his proposal to various right-wing imprints, with minimal success,” Katy Waldman writes. “Multiple publishing houses specifically told me that they had turned down his book.” Of course there’s no glory or gain now in declaring yourself an underbidder, but it’s not clear that anyone but Threshold offered for Milo’s book. The Times may misconstrue agent Thomas Flannery Jr.’s remark that “virtually every major conservative imprint expressed interest” (expressing interest is different from bidding) as […]