Free-speech groups defend publication of Milo Yiannopoulos memoir

In the face of pressure for Simon & Schuster to drop the far-right star’s book Dangerous in the US, campaigners say that stifling him will have ‘a chilling effect’A boycott of far-right controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos’s publisher Simon & Schuster will have “a chilling effect” on authors and publishers and will not prevent the spread of “noxious ideas”, according to free-speech campaigners.Led by the National Coalition Against Censorship, eight groups have issued a statement criticising the backlash over his $250,000 (£203,000) book deal as the latest attempt to stifle books likely to cause offence. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Latest Conde Shakeup: Vanity Fair Publisher Takes Over Corporate Media Group

Conde Nast has promoted Vanity Fair VP-Publisher Edward Menicheschi to CMO-president of the Conde Nast Media Group, which sells ad programs spanning the company's brands, effective immediately. Mr. Menicheschi succeeds Lou Cona, who is leaving the company.Mr. Menicheschi was named publisher of... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vanity Fair Publisher Moves to Condé Nast Media Group President

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[ Folio Magazine | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wright appointed Hachette group international sales director

The director of digital sales and channel development at Penguin Random House is to join Hachette... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iowa Bookseller Pumps Up Sales for Author's Memoir

About 25% of the sales of a Holt memoir by a debut author have been in Iowa's bookstores, due to the heroic efforts of a Decorah bookseller Kate Rattenborg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon-Bonnier battle goes public with protest by European authors

More than 1,000 writers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have signed a letter to Amazon saying that the company has made Bonnier-published books less available and manipulated Amazon's recommended reading lists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gritty memoir from the author of 'Little House on the Prairie' to hit shelves this fall

Some of the material from Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' was used as a basis for the famed children's book series, but many of the more intense scenes were considered inappropriate for children. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suchomel Returning to Legato Publishers Group

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cleary Wolters, the basis for an 'Orange Is the New Black' character, will write a memoir

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian publisher defends decision to publish anti-Hamas advertisement

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[ The Guardian | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC News | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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