Simon & Schuster is the second book publisher to join the pointlessly threatened with prior restraint by President Trump club. On Monday Trump’s attorney Charles Harder, writing on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc, sent a letter to Gallery Books about Omarosa Manigault-Newman’s book UNHINGED, which was released on Tuesday. He claimed the book “violates several provisions of Ms. Manigault-Newman’s written agreement with the company,” including a non-disparagement clause and a confidentiality clause. The letter linked to excerpts of the book published by the Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, and CNN, which Harder said put Manigault-Newman […]
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Reidy Supports Moonves: “He has always been supportive, straightforward, and helpful to me and S&S”
Simon & Schuster president and ceo Carolyn Reidy issued a statement Monday in response to Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker story detailing multiple allegations of sexual harassment against CBS head Les Moonves. “I have directly reported to Leslie Moonves for nearly 12 years, and during all that time I have been heartened and deeply impressed by the way in which women have been promoted and championed under his leadership at CBS, treated as equals and rewarded for their accomplishments and talent.” Reidy said. She added, “He has always been supportive, straightforward, and helpful to me and Simon & Schuster.” Reidy continued: […]
Agent Danielle Smith Accused of Fraud, Lupine Grove Creative Closes
Children’s book literary agent and packager Danielle Smith, founder of Lupine Grove Creative, has reportedly been accused of fraudulent deals with her clients and she has closed her agency. In a post to a private Facebook group (also then shared on Twitter) author Heidi Heilig wrote that “it was discovered a couple of days ago that [Smith] forged offer letters to her clients (and counselled her clients not to take them) (i do not know what the end goal was).” Helig says that Smith “has resigned as an agent, and in addition she was fired from Walden Pond Press where she […]
Briefs: Eyewear Publishing Has “Suspended All Poetry Projects”
UK-based small press Eyewear Publishing announced on Twitter that “In light of the decision by several Eyewear poets to happily announce new books with rival presses today without warning Director @toddswift_dr has suspended all poetry projects. Poets who abandon their debut presses do severe damage in terms of sales and funding to them.” That post drew a lot of criticism online, and both the tweet and the Eyewear Twitter account were deleted. In contrast, this week an Eyewear author, Jenna Clarke, was one of the winners of UK Society of Authors’ 2018 awards for a collection of poems by a […]
Diaz Denies Misconduct Allegations: “It Didn’t Happen.”
In a new interview with the Boston Globe, Junot Diaz denied allegations of sexual misconduct raised in May by Zinzi Clemmons. Clemmons said Diaz forcibly kissed her after a Columbia University workshop, but Diaz countered the allegation, saying, “I did not kiss anyone. I did not forcibly kiss Zinzi Clemmons. I did not kiss Zinzi Clemmons. It didn’t happen.” Diaz’s initial statement at the time, through his agent Nicole Aragi, was, “I take responsibility for my past. That is the reason I made the decision to tell the truth of my rape and its damaging aftermath. This conversation is important […]
Printer Edwards Brothers Malloy to Close
Edwards Brothers Malloy ceo John Edwards and cfo Bill Upton announced Thursday “with heavy hearts” that the company is “closing our doors, effective immediately. As you can imagine, this is a difficult time for our employees as we work through the process of shutting down our facilities while finishing projects for our customers with work in-house.” (Their website indicates that winding down will conclude on June 15The book-manufacturing and printing company has been in business for 125 years. In February they had announced plans to eliminate 100 jobs by the end of 2018 as part of a consolidation of their facilities. […]