Macmillan ceo John Sargent provided some color to the Thursday morning ceo panel at Book Expo in reviewing his process when Macmillan was threatened with legal action by President Trump just prior to the publication of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. When told about the letter from the Trump’s attorney Charles Harder, “My first reaction was, Holy Cow, we are going to sell a sh–load of books.” Then, in explaining the house’s position, he wanted “to use the moment to make sure that the people at Macmillan understood the importance of free speech. I came up with this idea of writing […]
