John Bolton, Simon & Schuster and Javelin Literary, in a group message, “categorically state that there was absolutely no coordination with the New York Times or anyone else regarding the appearance of information about his book, THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED, at online booksellers. Any assertion to the contrary is unfounded speculation.” That denial still doesn’t really explain what happened and how S&S came to release metadata to online booksellers Sunday and start taking pre-orders — but the publisher still declines to say anything more. Meanwhile, in a second story filed by the NYT Monday night, reporters Michael Schmidt and […]