On Thursday evening, following building public pressure online — including objections from house authors including Kiese Laymon and Jennifer Weiner — Simon & Schuster declared it would not distribute a forthcoming book by Louisville Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers who shot Breonna Taylor. The company said in their statement: “Like much of the American public, earlier today Simon & Schuster learned of plans by distribution client Post Hill Press to publish a book by Jonathan Mattingly. We have subsequently decided to not be involved in the distribution of this book.” Earlier on Thursday, S&S had taken their standard […]
