Simon & Schuster convened a celebration of retiring president of Scribner Publishing Group and publisher of Touchstone Susan Moldow — a self-admitted “Murphy Brown of book publishing” — with an affectionate, admiring and at times rollicking collection of toasts (and roasts) on Thursday night. Presenters included her longtime partners at Scribner, publisher Nan Graham and associate publisher Roz Lippel (who read a statement from Stephen King) — along with a song from Scribner director of publicity Brian Belfiglio, performed to the tune of These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (“These clips are made for marketing, wave them high you’ll do…). […]
