In no man’s land: anger as publisher puts book criticising army on hold

Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the GuardAfter beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its author, Simon Akam.The publisher boasted that the 182,000-word book examining the evolution of the British Army after 9/11 would be “an explosive, intimate authoritative account … based on exclusive interviews, rigorous research and on-the-ground reporting”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-18 06:59:05 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-18 04:27:59 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 17:23:07 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 10:22:48 UTC ]
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Fusion GPS Founders to Publish Book on Trump’s Ties With Russia

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[ Slate | 2019-10-14 18:46:29 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 06:28:59 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-04 12:53:41 UTC ]
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[ The New York Times | 2019-09-10 22:55:59 UTC ]
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