Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Lois Ruby]

Excellent advice. I shall follow up my email with a pen-and-paper letter. 
Lois Ruby 

- Original Message -

> From: "Rachel Sietz" <rsi...@gmail.com>
> To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net>
> Cc: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn.edu>,
> hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu, "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 10:50:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> I would encourage everyone disturbed and angered by this news to follow the
> advice that was shared with me, courtesy of a friend of a friend, who's in
> the publishing industry. Her advice was:

> > WHAT TO DO: Write them letters, hard-copy ones that need a stamp and an
> > envelope. At any major publishing house, the people at the bottom are
> > mostly
> > clever, thoughtful, progressive gals who don’t like this sort of thing any
> > more than you do. They want to be able to go to their bosses’ bosses’
> > bosses
> > with a massive stack of post and say, “Hey, this is the only reader
> > correspondence we’re getting now,” because that wastes time, and the
> > easiest
> > way to piss off a publishing house is to waste their employees’ time.
> > Wasting time = less time for making books. Remember also that everybody who
> > gets into publishing does it because fundamentally they love to READ, they
> > READ anything that is put in front of them, even the guys at the top who
> > spend more time on the phone and at cocktail parties than working with text
> > believe in words as a magical conduit of ideas, and if you write them a
> > long
> > heartfelt letter, they may scoff at it but they will read it, and if they
> > have 1000 heartfelt letters a day, then sooner or later all those words
> > will
> > sink in.
> 

> > This is not a plastics manufacturer, this is not a bank. This is a book
> > company. Write to the people who are in the business of reading.
> 

> > CONTACT INFO:
> 
> > Corporate Headquarters
> 
> > SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC.
> 
> > 1230 Avenue of the Americas
> 
> > New York, NY 10020
> 
> > PHONE: 212-698-7000
> 

> > And individual contacts here, best to address it to someone in particular:
> > http://about.simonandschuster.biz/leadership/
> 

> > Normally, the best tactic is to write directly to a specific editor or the
> > imprint, but Threshold is conservative, so they may not care. Still,
> > perhaps
> > try:
> 

> > Threshold Editions
> 
> > General Phone: 212-698-7006
> 
> > General Fax: 212-698-2858
> 

> > Jennifer Robinson
> 
> > Vice President, Director of Publicity
> 
> > gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com
> 

> > And make the point that the views of this author are not conservative
> > views,
> > they are fundamentally hateful and aggressive views which seek to undermine
> > the rights of other citizens. He did, after all, help lead the hate mob
> > against Leslie Jones that got her hacked - they should ask themselves
> > whether that’s something with which they want their otherwise respectable
> > work to be associated, especially since the published book may end up
> > becoming associated with additional hate crimes should readers take it too
> > literally. Surely they don’t want their book to start making news for being
> > repeatedly found in the homes of every homegrown militant for the next 10
> > years.
> 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Rachel Sietz]

I would encourage everyone disturbed and angered by this news to follow the
advice that was shared with me, courtesy of a friend of a friend, who's in
the publishing industry. Her advice was:

WHAT TO DO: Write them letters, hard-copy ones that need a stamp and an
envelope. At any major publishing house, the people at the bottom are
mostly clever, thoughtful, progressive gals who don’t like this sort of
thing any more than you do. They want to be able to go to their bosses’
bosses’ bosses with a massive stack of post and say, “Hey, this is the only
reader correspondence we’re getting now,” because that wastes time, and the
easiest way to piss off a publishing house is to waste their employees’
time. Wasting time = less time for making books. Remember also that
everybody who gets into publishing does it because fundamentally they love
to READ, they READ anything that is put in front of them, even the guys at
the top who spend more time on the phone and at cocktail parties than
working with text believe in words as a magical conduit of ideas, and if
you write them a long heartfelt letter, they may scoff at it but they will
read it, and if they have 1000 heartfelt letters a day, then sooner or
later all those words will sink in.

This is not a plastics manufacturer, this is not a bank. This is a book
company. Write to the people who are in the business of reading.

CONTACT INFO:
Corporate Headquarters
SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
PHONE: 212-698-7000

And individual contacts here, best to address it to someone in particular:
http://about.simonandschuster.biz/leadership/


Normally, the best tactic is to write directly to a specific editor or the
imprint, but Threshold is conservative, so they may not care. Still,
perhaps try:

Threshold Editions
General Phone: 212-698-7006
General Fax: 212-698-2858

Jennifer Robinson
Vice President, Director of Publicity
gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com

And make the point that the views of this author are not conservative
views, they are fundamentally hateful and aggressive views which seek to
undermine the rights of other citizens. He did, after all, help lead the
hate mob against Leslie Jones that got her hacked - they should ask
themselves whether that’s something with which they want their otherwise
respectable work to be associated, especially since the published book may
end up becoming associated with additional hate crimes should readers take
it too literally. Surely they don’t want their book to start making news
for being repeatedly found in the homes of every homegrown militant for the
next 10 years.
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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Lois Ruby]

I did JUST SAY NO! and I hope everyone else will, as well. 

Lois Ruby 
Congregation Albert/Albuquerque, NM 
L OIS RUBY 
www.loisruby.com 
Author of ... 
Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and 
Doll Graveyard (now on the Oklahoma Sequoyah list!) 
Watch for my new ebooks, too! 

- Original Message -

> From: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn.edu>
> To: "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com>, "Heidi Rabinowitz"
> <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org>
> Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:31:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Dear Amy and Heidi – thank you both and to Heidi in particular. How ironic
> and disturbing that a publishing house founded by a Jew should be publishing
> a book by someone who espouses such odious views. I agree that this is not
> an issue of free speech but of choosing whether to help distribute and
> legitimize such views and to profit off of them.

> Just say no!

> Arthur

> From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+kiron=pobox.upenn@lists.osu.edu]
> On Behalf Of Amy Turim
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:31 PM
> To: 'Heidi Rabinowitz'
> Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Thank you, Heidi, for bringing this to our attention (No, I hadn’t heard
> about it) and for rallying us to use our voice – collectively and
> individually.

> This is one of the best ways to express our values as Jews, as librarians,
> and as Americans.

> Thanks to your leadership, my email is en route .

> Bravo, Heidi!

> Amy Turim

> Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD

> From: Heidi Rabinowitz [ mailto:heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org ]
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:27 PM
> To: Hasafran < hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >
> Subject: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Dear Safranim,

> Perhaps you've heard in the news that Simon and Schuster has offered Milo
> Yiannopoulos a book deal through their conservative imprint, Threshold. He
> is an anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigoted, neo-Nazi "troll" whose goal in life
> is to harass people. He was the one who abused black Ghostbusters actress
> Leslie Jones so badly that Twitter actually banned him.

> While he has a right to free speech, that does not include book deals. In my
> opinion, this book deal legitimizes his message of hate and gives him a
> wider platform for it. I feel that S should be aware that some of its
> customers are disgusted by their poor decision, so I emailed them. If you
> agree, I encourage you to email, write, or call to tell them so.

> Threshold Editions

> General phone 212-698-7006

> General fax 212-698-2858

> Jennifer Robinson, VP, Director of Publicity

> gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com

> Or

> Corporate Communications

> General phone 212-698-7033

> General fax 212-698-7035

> Adam Rothberg, VP, Director of Corporate Communications

> corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com

> Or

> Carolyn Kroll Reidy, CEO and President, Simon and Schuster

> 212-698-7000

> carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com

> Here's what I sent to Jennifer Robinson, Dir of Publicity at S,
> gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com

> Dear Ms. Robinson,

> As a librarian for 20 years and an advocate of free speech, I must
> nevertheless protest your rewarding Milo Yiannopoulos's hateful, bigoted,
> abusive behavior with a book deal. The public needs to hear less from this
> horrible man, not more. I am ashamed of S for helping him to spread his
> messages of hate. I certainly will not be purchasing this book, and I'm sure
> many of my colleagues feel the same way. I urge you to cancel this book
> deal. In America's current atmosphere of divisiveness and emboldened hate
> speech, it is time to cultivate an atmosphere of tolerance and kindness
> rather than fan the flames by amplifying the voices of the so-called alt
> right.

> I hope you will seriously consider the consequences to our society of giving
> hate speech a legitimate platform.
> Thank you for your attention,

> Heidi Rabinowitz
> Librarian, Boca Raton, Florida

> 

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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Kiron, Arthur]

  Dear Amy and Heidi – thank you both and to Heidi in particular.  How ironic 
and disturbing that a publishing house founded by a Jew should be publishing a 
book by someone who espouses such odious views.   I agree that this is not an 
issue of free speech but of choosing whether to help distribute and legitimize 
such views and to profit off of them.

  Just say no!

  Arthur

From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+kiron=pobox.upenn@lists.osu.edu] On 
Behalf Of Amy Turim
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:31 PM
To: 'Heidi Rabinowitz'
Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

Thank you, Heidi, for bringing this to our attention (No, I hadn’t heard about 
it) and for rallying us to use our voice – collectively and individually.
This is one of the best ways to express our values as Jews, as librarians, and 
as Americans.
Thanks to your leadership, my email is en route.
Bravo, Heidi!

Amy Turim
Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD

From: Heidi Rabinowitz [mailto:heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:27 PM
To: Hasafran 
<hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu>>
Subject: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

Dear Safranim,
Perhaps you've heard in the news that Simon and Schuster has offered Milo 
Yiannopoulos a book deal through their conservative imprint, Threshold. He is 
an anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigoted, neo-Nazi "troll" whose goal in life is to 
harass people. He was the one who abused black Ghostbusters actress Leslie 
Jones so badly that Twitter actually banned him.

While he has a right to free speech, that does not include book deals. In my 
opinion, this book deal legitimizes his message of hate and gives him a wider 
platform for it. I feel that S should be aware that some of its customers are 
disgusted by their poor decision, so I emailed them. If you agree, I encourage 
you to email, write, or call to tell them so.

Threshold Editions
General phone 212-698-7006
General fax 212-698-2858
Jennifer Robinson, VP, Director of Publicity
gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com<mailto:gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com>

Or

Corporate Communications
General phone 212-698-7033
General fax 212-698-7035
Adam Rothberg, VP, Director of Corporate Communications
corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com<mailto:corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com>

Or

Carolyn Kroll Reidy, CEO and President, Simon and Schuster
212-698-7000
carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com<mailto:carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com>


Here's what I sent to Jennifer Robinson, Dir of Publicity at S, 
gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com<mailto:gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com>

Dear Ms. Robinson,

As a librarian for 20 years and an advocate of free speech, I must nevertheless 
protest your rewarding Milo Yiannopoulos's hateful, bigoted, abusive behavior 
with a book deal. The public needs to hear less from this horrible man, not 
more. I am ashamed of S for helping him to spread his messages of hate. I 
certainly will not be purchasing this book, and I'm sure many of my colleagues 
feel the same way. I urge you to cancel this book deal. In America's current 
atmosphere of divisiveness and emboldened hate speech, it is time to cultivate 
an atmosphere of tolerance and kindness rather than fan the flames by 
amplifying the voices of the so-called alt right.

I hope you will seriously consider the consequences to our society of giving 
hate speech a legitimate platform.
Thank you for your attention,

Heidi Rabinowitz
Librarian, Boca Raton, Florida


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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Amy Turim]

Thank you, Heidi, for bringing this to our attention (No, I hadn’t heard about 
it) and for rallying us to use our voice – collectively and individually.

This is one of the best ways to express our values as Jews, as librarians, and 
as Americans.

Thanks to your leadership, my email is en route.

Bravo, Heidi!



Amy Turim

Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD



From: Heidi Rabinowitz [mailto:heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:27 PM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision



Dear Safranim,

Perhaps you've heard in the news that Simon and Schuster has offered Milo 
Yiannopoulos a book deal through their conservative imprint, Threshold. He is 
an anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigoted, neo-Nazi "troll" whose goal in life is to 
harass people. He was the one who abused black Ghostbusters actress Leslie 
Jones so badly that Twitter actually banned him.



While he has a right to free speech, that does not include book deals. In my 
opinion, this book deal legitimizes his message of hate and gives him a wider 
platform for it. I feel that S should be aware that some of its customers are 
disgusted by their poor decision, so I emailed them. If you agree, I encourage 
you to email, write, or call to tell them so.



Threshold Editions

General phone 212-698-7006

General fax 212-698-2858

Jennifer Robinson, VP, Director of Publicity

gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com 




Or



Corporate Communications

General phone 212-698-7033

General fax 212-698-7035

Adam Rothberg, VP, Director of Corporate Communications

corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com 




Or



Carolyn Kroll Reidy, CEO and President, Simon and Schuster

212-698-7000

carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com 




Here's what I sent to Jennifer Robinson, Dir of Publicity at S, 
gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com 


Dear Ms. Robinson,

As a librarian for 20 years and an advocate of free speech, I must nevertheless 
protest your rewarding Milo Yiannopoulos's hateful, bigoted, abusive behavior 
with a book deal. The public needs to hear less from this horrible man, not 
more. I am ashamed of S for helping him to spread his messages of hate. I 
certainly will not be purchasing this book, and I'm sure many of my colleagues 
feel the same way. I urge you to cancel this book deal. In America's current 
atmosphere of divisiveness and emboldened hate speech, it is time to cultivate 
an atmosphere of tolerance and kindness rather than fan the flames by 
amplifying the voices of the so-called alt right.

I hope you will seriously consider the consequences to our society of giving 
hate speech a legitimate platform.
Thank you for your attention,

Heidi Rabinowitz
Librarian, Boca Raton, Florida





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