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2017’s Last Surprise: Milo’s Book Edits Are a Reading Masterpiece – If you’ve (happily?) forgotten that time when Simon & Schuster cancelled Milo Yiannopoulous’s contract for Dangerous (which he later self-published), dredge up the memory long enough to check out the editing on the S&S manuscript, which has been submitted as evidence ... more >
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Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster for $10M After Book Deal Gets Dropped – Just when you thought he was gone, professional troll Milo Yiannopoulos bolts back into view with a self-published book on Amazon and a lawsuit against S&S. Not that I feel one bit sorry for S&S; after ... more >
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Simon & Schuster cancels Milo Yiannopoulos’ book – I am left wondering if Simon & Schuster was looking for a reason to drop Dangerous, despite their insistence that they were ‘doing the right thing’ and defending free speech. That claim was just about as convincing as Yiannopoulos’s insistence that he was just ... more >
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Milo Yiannopolous Book Deal with S&S Generates Backlash – Oh, Simon & Schuster. The only thing sadder than giving Yiannopolous a $250K book deal is trying to justify it as advocacy of “free speech.” Sure, MY is free to say a lot of the crap he says, but publishing is about ... more >
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The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War – For almost thirty years now, Kano market literature has been a force in northern Nigeria’s cultural marketplace, and its most popular books are written by Hausa women. Some even feature adultery and other taboo subjects, and authors are now utilizing self-publishing technologies to produce ... more >
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Profits Up Nearly 13% At Simon & Schuster – Publishing home of celebrity fantasy RPF, Simon & Schuster had a 12.9% increase in operating revenue over last year, due in part to strong fourth quarter earnings (34% more this year than last): E-book sales fell in the year, while sales of digital ... more >
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