Alex Thompson Says His Past Deal for a Biden Book Died Because He Refused Simon & Schuster’s Request to Call the Book ‘Soul Man’ or ‘Shadow Boxer’ Instead of ‘Haunted’

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THOPSON: “Ultimately, the book deal did fall apart. Simon & Schuster canceled the book in October of 2023. There are a few reasons for that. One was I was running behind. Two, Biden books were not selling well. And third, you know, there was a -- honestly, like a difference of what sort of book we were -- we wanted. And that was most manifest in sort of a debate or, you know, clash over the title of the book. And I wanted to call the book 'Haunted,' because the thesis of the book was he's haunted by his son Beau, he's haunted by the Hunter stuff, by the Obama comparisons, by the idea that Trump could win again. And they wanted to call the book 'Soul Man,' or 'Shadow Boxer.' And I said -- I said no.”