Subject: Re: from Hachette editor
From: "Annie" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:03:51 -0400

H: think you should think about having someone other than you call this guy back on your behalf- as a way to be responsive but not put you on the spot right away, and collect some additional intel. From there we can think about next steps. Happy to help in any way. 

Annie Tomasini
Director for Intergovernmental Relations
Harvard University
617-939-7976

> On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Definitely do it. 
> 
> Few people you may want to talk to get smarter on the process:
> 
> 1) Dave Eggers.  I know he'd be happy to give you advice and who knows McSweeney's may be interested. 
> 
> 2) Howard Yoon who is on the 826 Board with me.  He's a well respected non-fiction agent here in DC and would give you some advice too I bet. 
> 
> 3) Javelin - the guys who contacted me about wanting to represent JRB for his book. 
> 
> Eric D. Schwerin
> [email-masked]
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> Let's do it. Two questions: 
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>> 1) If it's book-worthy to one publisher, is it worth asking around (quietly) to find the best place/idea? 
>> 
>> 2) There may be a sliding scale calculation here -- your dad is a valuable part of this story but you'd be much more free to use him as a central part of it if we wait until 2017. Understanding that books take a long time to put together, would you want to wait until 2017 to publish?
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>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> RHB
>>> 202.333.1880
>>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>>> From: "Whitlatch, Paul" <[email-masked]>
>>>> Date: June 10, 2015 at 6:32:09 PM EDT
>>>> To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
>>>> Subject: from Hachette editor
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Mr. Biden,
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> I was incredibly moved this week to watch the C-SPAN video of your and your sister’s eulogies at your brother Beau’s funeral. Your family is so loving and so strong in the face of this loss—and the earlier loss of you sister and mother. I am sure millions of Americans were moved just as I was.
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>>>>  
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>>>> I know the feeling of grief must be all-encompassing right now, and rightfully so. I wanted to mention, however, that I think that the story of your family’s resilience in the face of tragedy has the potential to make a lasting, powerful impact as a book (and to help thousands of Americans struggling with grief in their own lives). At the appropriate juncture, I would love to speak with you about this thought—my contact information is below.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Please accept my deepest condolences on your loss.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Respectfully yours,
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Paul Whitlatch
>>>> 
>>>> Senior Editor, Hachette Books
>>>> 
>>>> 212-364-1526
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
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