'Unclear, unfunny, delete': editor's notes on Milo Yiannopoulos book revealed

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Court submissions in lawsuit over far-right provocateur’s memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting and racism



Court documents filed in the US have revealed the editorial concerns of the publisher Simon & Schuster about the manuscript of the “alt-right” controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos’s autobiography Dangerous.

Having reportedly secured the book for an advance of $255,000 (£200,000), Simon & Schuster cancelled the deal in February after a recording emerged that appeared to show Yiannopoulos endorsing sex between “younger boys” and older men.

In July, Yiannopoulos set out to sue Simon & Schuster for $10m for breach of contract. As part of the case, Simon & Schuster have submitted documents that reveal the problems they had with the book. Among other criticisms, the publisher’s notes say Yiannopoulos needed a “stronger argument against feminism than saying that they are ugly and sexless and have cats” and that another chapter needs “a better central thesis than the notion that gay people should go back in the closet”.

In addition to the documents, a full copy of an early manuscript of the book, complete with the Simon & Schuster editor Mitchell Ivers’s notes, is available to download from the New York state courts’ website.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/28/unclear-unfunny-delete-editors-notes-on-milo-yiannopoulos-book-revealed

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[gratuitous]

1. Simon & Schuster actually had someone READ this drivel?

Usually it just gets published and they wait for the bulk sales to the wingnut welfare circuit (You think Ann Coulter's books actually sell to the general public?) to be used as giveaways to the suckers who sign up for their Konservative Kruise in the Karibbean offers: SEE beautiful beaches (from miles away, because this ship isn't cleared to dock anywhere)! MEET your favorite authors (whenever they stumble out of their state room, roaring drunk)! WISH you were dead (when you discover what a rip-off this is)!

[AJT]

4. A few years ago I visited my father in PA and he had Ann Coulter books on the entry table.

I hope I don't end up being crazy when I get really old.

[Oneironaut]

2. When your book reads like a shit-post on 4chan, its time to rethink being an author.

Milo has no discernible talent other than pissing others off. He lacks any creativity or ability to grow. He’s just an egotistical one-trick pony that rides the tails of the right-wing internet outrage machine.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

3. So he's nothing but a hack who gets off on trolling people.

[irisblue]

5. He agreed to that photo?