Subject: Re: follow up notes and next steps
From: "Annie" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander Snyder-Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:53:09 -0400

Great feedback! 

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

> On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> I spoke with Howard Yoon, the agent I know.  Annie/Alex - Howard is with RossYoon here in DC and has a focus on non-fiction.
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> Here’s some of what he said:
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> 1) He thinks that the book is a fantastic idea but it has to be done the right way.  I won’t go into depth on his ideas but they seem in line with what you say you want to do.
> 2) He knows Paul Whitlatch well and says he is a good young editor.
> 3) He said Hachette as its own imprint is relatively new and just launched.  He said most new imprints try and do 40-70 books a year in their first year in order to make a name for themselves and many times those books aren’t well thought out.  
> 4) He felt the Gabrielle Giffords book was not the book she should have written (too gun control focused and not personal enough) and said it didn’t sell well.  She used a ghost writer from the Washingtonian that Howard knows well. 
> 5) He thought that if you wrote the book Howard believes you can write there won’t be a problem getting any publisher to buy it so you shouldn’t feel like this will be the only opportunity. 
> 6) To be clear, he didn’t dislike Paul - said he’s a good guy and a good editor - just under pressure from a business point of view to get titles out there in their “start-up” phase.
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> Howard is around next week and I am going to arrange time for him to come by and see you and talk further.
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> Eric D. Schwerin
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>> On Jun 12, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Annie Tomasini <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> took some high level notes and captured next steps here.
>> <RHB_BookBrainstorm_June 12.docx>
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