Penguin India denies dropping Sonia Gandhi memoir over ‘editorial changes’
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Penguin Random House India on Friday denied a report that it decided not to publish Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love in India after she rejected certain “editorial changes and deletions”.
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Penguin India maintained that it is not the publisher of the book, and that it was incorrect to claim that it decided not to publish the book because Sonia Gandhi declined to make editorial changes.
“As a publisher, it is both our prerogative and our responsibility to fact check and provide authors with recommendations that are in the best interests of the book,” it said on social media. “…Throughout the relevant discussions, Penguin Random House India’s position was that we remained willing and keen to publish the book.”
The publisher, however, declined to comment on “confidential discussions” with the Congress leader.
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A report in The Indian Express had claimed that Penguin had asked for certain changes to a “part of the manuscript”, but Sonia Gandhi rejected the proposed alterations.
The book was scheduled for release on November 10.
The newspaper reported that with Penguin Random House India out of the picture, several Indian publishers are in the fray, with HarperCollins India reportedly close to finalising an agreement to publish and distribute the memoir in the country.
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