Petition signed by more than 200 Simon & Schuster employees delivered to publishing house also calls for end to deals with members of Trump administrationMore than 200 members of staff at Simon & Schuster have signed a petition calling for the publishing house to cancel its seven-figure book deal with former vice-president Mike Pence and commit to not signing any more book deals with members of Donald Trump’s administration.The petition was delivered to the publisher on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported. It was signed by 216 S&S employees – about 14% of the publisher’s staff –and backed by more than 3,500 supporters outside the company, including authors such as the National Book Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward.This article was updated on 28 April 2021 to add the NCAC’s reaction. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-04-27 13:55:17 UTC ]
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Charlie Mackesy sells a sequel to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse to Penguin Life, Cory Booker brings a memoir of his historic 25-hour speech on the Senate floor to St. Martin’s, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The U.S. national ambassador for young people’s literature sells his first adult nonfiction title to Little, Brown; the head of America’s second largest teachers union takes a defense of educators as pinnacles of democracy to Thesis; and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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William Morrow picks up a collaboration between James Patterson and YouTuber MrBeast, Michael J. Fox sells a memoir to Flatiron, Abrams will adapt Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ as a graphic novel, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Behind the scenes of Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to become New York City’s next mayor, the former governor is fighting an expensive legal battle to clear his name. New Yorkers are on the hook to pay for almost all of it.In courtrooms across New York, Cuomo has been involved in more than a dozen... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Wondery chief brand officer Nicole Blake is giving podcasts the ‘Harry Potter’ treatment. Not so long ago, a book deal and a live tour marked the outer limits of how far a hot podcast could hope to expand its horizons. These days, they’re only the beginning. Especially at Wondery, the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-04-19 11:00:00 UTC ]
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