ViacomCBS is expected to reactivate the sale process for Simon & Schuster this month, and Bertelsmann’s chief says he’s interested.
Political Releases, Led by Brian Stelter’s ‘Hoax,’ Drive US Nonfiction Book Sales
The publication of Brian Stelter’s examination of Donald Trump and Fox News opens a new season of election-season titles.
Rights Roundup: Critical Thinking in a Long, Hot Summer
From Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Australia, the USA, the Netherlands, and Norway, today’s titles include children’s books and an LGBT graphic novel.
Trump Tell-All Breaks S&S Record; PRH India Signs Sourcebooks, Fitzcarraldo
Industry Notes: The bestseller by Donald Trump’s niece is going into its 14th printing. And Penguin Random House India inks deals with US, UK independents.
Court Lifts Gag Order on Mary Trump as S&S Releases ‘Too Much and Never Enough’
Simon & Schuster author Mary Trump is freed by the New York state supreme court to speak as she wishes, just in time for the release of ‘Too Much and Never Enough’
Simon & Schuster Establishes Carolyn Kroll Reidy Memorial Scholarship
Simon & Schuster’s Jonathan Karp notes that the late Carolyn Reidy was a supporter efforts in diversity and of publishing training programs.
Industry Notes: Simon & Schuster Moves Up Mary Trump Book; S&S Appoints Dana Canedy
The latest step in the next book Donald Trump wants to block: The Big Five publisher accelerates the book’s release, as pre-orders soar.
Update: New York Appellate Court Vacates Trump Restraining Order on S&S
Simon & Schuster chief Jonathan Karp asserts the right to publish and attests that the house is unaware of impediments to Mary Trump publishing her book.
Donald Trump Moves To Stop Yet Another Book, One by His Niece
The court action filed this week by Donald Trump’s attorney Charles Harder alleges that Simon & Schuster author Mary Trump is in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
As IPA Backs Simon & Schuster on Bolton Book, Court Says No to Injunction
A Friday afternoon court hearing on the Trump challenge to John Bolton’s book produces no prior restraint, and Simon & Shuster thanks the International Publishers Association for its support.