What was once private has gone public – now the book industry faces a crisis

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Publish and be damned, goes the old saying. But increasingly the damnation is coming from within industry offices, and is stopping some books from coming out at all. books publishing

, which was both acclaimed and criticised because it focused on Roth’s womanising reputation. But then the publishers took it out of print after two women accused Bailey of rape.

Blake Bailey’s biography of Philip Roth, pictured, was criticised because it focused on Roth’s womanising.When Simon & Schuster announced two book deals with former Vice President Mike Pence and Trump official Kellyanne Conway, more than 200 staffers signed a petition calling on the company to cancel the deals, and thousands from outside the company added their support.

While the publishers say they are committed to publishing a broad range of views and their decisions are based on a moral code, some staffers allege they are only guided by profit. The Simon & Schuster employees argue it’s a betrayal of the company’s policy of opposing bigotry to publish Pence’s memoir.It’s a tricky, disturbing debate, with few insiders prepared to go on the record. And as Grady points out, it raises fundamental questions.

 

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