Posted on 06/18/2021 12:59:51 PM PDT by gattaca
Two former publishing executives have launched a pro-free speech book publisher that will avail its presses to conservatives whose platforms have been canceled.
Conservative authors have increasingly had more trouble getting their books published in major publishing houses recently as the U.S. political environment has become more polarized, the executives, Louise Burke and Kate Hartson told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The two joined forces to create All Seasons Press as a response to the trend of major book publishers de-platforming conservatives.
“I’m increasingly concerned and somewhat outraged about what’s going on in terms of free speech and free press,” Burke said, according to the WSJ.
“I’m concerned about the canceling of voices that traditionally were always allowed to publish and are meeting resistance from mainstream publishers, particularly former Trump administration members,” she continued.
Burke previously led Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books Group and Hartson had been the editorial director of Center Street, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, according to the WSJ.
All Seasons Press has already agreed to publish books by at least two officials who worked in former President Donald Trump’s administration, the WSJ reported. The new company will publish books by former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro by the end of the year.
All Seasons will also publish a book by Rush Limbaugh’s long-time radio producer James Golden and an undisclosed fourth book in the fall, according to the WSJ. The publishing house’s goal is to print 10 books next year.
“In a publishing world that has devolved into a Cancel Culture, Virtue Signaling cesspool, it is refreshing to see a new publishing house emerge willing to print books such as my forthcoming volume in the Fall that will speak truth to power,” Navarro told the WSJ in a statement.
This year, Simon & Schuster has canceled book deals with Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and the police officer who shot Breonna Taylor during a 2020 drug raid after receiving significant pushback. A large group of the major publishing house’s employees signed a petition asking the company to cancel its deal to publish former Vice President Mike Pence’s forthcoming memoir, arguing it was “legitimizing bigotry,” the WSJ reported.
“We want to publish authors with great platforms where we can sell hundreds of thousands of books,” Hartson told the WSJ.
Publishing is one thing. Getting the books onto amazon and into books stores is another.
Please don’t let this be another scam.
Now for Elon Musk to put conservative, uncensored versions of Google, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter on his StarLink internet network.
45% of Americans could go for that.
Probably none of the majors will entertain them. Maybe Mike Lindell can start a book store too. Not to mention, how long before they’re hacked into submission? Or have to toss in the towel.
It just provides another venue for an alternative distribution network.
I thought we had Regnery.
IRS will shut them down in a couple of months. Then, once they’re shut down, EEO lawsuits will drive a nail in em. Then, they’re moms and dads and friends and neighbors will be hacked.
The unseen powers behind the democrat party will order banks and credit card companies to refuse to do business with this new venture. Some will comply, but not all. A corrupt president will order the irs to harass it. The post/cnn/cbs/nyt will publish articles condemning it.
And I will happily buy books from them.
Conservatives need to form their own bank as well. The Swamp is using banks to lock out conservatives from their accounts now. It should be easy to do, seeing as how Conservatives do the actual work in this country.
Just keep creating crazy, out of this world dreams about stuff that will never happen.
Have they gone out of business and I haven't heard about it?
Which will have zero effect in stopping them. Right now, there are vastly more small businesses run by conservatives than run by far left liberals, yet the conservative run businesses are doing just fine, despite Dementia Joe.
Why shouldn’t there be plenty of conservative publishers?
That will be a problem, but two of the people involved with this publishing company were on Tucker Carlson last night and Steve Bannon’s War Room earlier today...Bannon asked that very question....they have their own printers, warehouses and distribution system...
will it be on Amazon maybe, maybe not but if Trump puts out a book will people buy it regardless of how it’s distributed ??
I think they will be able to get their books out even if they have to go around Amazon....
I think the major conservatives will get distribution, Trump may not get published, but I can’t see Barnes and Noble not selling it, Amazon as well...
If they do, just sell it direct, I’m sure they’re fulfillment companies out there who will handle it.
One way or the other the books will get out, there will be huge volume of books sold, that will be business someone will pick up.
Of course President Trump WILL be published. And his book about his presidency will sell more than any other President in history.
“The two joined forces to create All Seasons Press as a response to the trend of major book publishers de-platforming conservatives.”
Good. The Right needs to go their own way.
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