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Prince Harry & Meghan Did Not Help With The Tell-All Book: Today In Books

Prince Harry & Meghan Did Not Help With The Tell-All Book

Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie’s new book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Family had rumors swirling a bit back that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had assisted with information in the book. They’ve now set the record straight in a statement: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not interviewed and did not contribute to Finding Freedom.This book is based on the authors’ own experiences as members of the royal press corps and their own independent reporting.” Finding Freedom will be released on August 11th and is currently being serialized in The Times.

Nintendo Tribute Book Will Get English Release

Satoru Iwata, who passed away in 2015, was the much loved president and CEO of Nintendo. Iwata-San, a Japanese tribute book of Iwata that published last year, will get an English translation release: Ask Iwata. “Ask Iwata offers game fans and business leaders an insight into the leadership, development and design philosophies of one of the most beloved figures in gaming history.”

USPS Plans To Slow Mail Delivery

The new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is being accused of implementing new changes that will hurt the postal service further for a Trump-backed political move: “These changes are happening because there’s a White House agenda to privatize and sell off the public Postal Service,’ said Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union. ‘But there’s too much approval for the organization right now. They want to separate the service from the people and then degrade it to the point where people aren’t going to like it anymore.’” The USPS going private could really hurt booksellers/buyers who rely on the media mail service for shipping books, which weigh quite a bit, for a minimal fee: here’s Raven Book Store’s breakdown on shipping costs.

Behind The ebook Making Curtain

We’re taking a close look at how authors make money on ebooks, from the making of an ebook to selling and distributing them through various outlets.