Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now
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Josh Cook, who I interviewed last year on First Edition about somewhat similar matters, kicks off a series at Lit Hub about how the book world can and should deal with the second Trump administration. This first installment focuses on big and powerful folk, think big 5 c-levels and authors who are titans in the industry. He doesn’t come out and use these exact works, but “don’t platform them” in the simplest terms means don’t give them huge book deals and the attendant marketing and publicity that comes with those deals. If I were running one of these places or...
