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The fight erupted after Yilin removed references in Clinton's book to the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests, and altered her comments about human rights activist Harry Wu
Simon & Schuster has posted on its Web site the original versions of the censored sections, hoping to counteract the official action
Clinton called the changes "amazing and outrageous," and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, demanded an immediate reprinting of the complete, uncensored text
"As you might know, we hadn't received your working copy until June 2 (we were told that the first one was lost on the way) much later than we expected and than the publisher in Taiwan," Yilin president Zhang Zude wrote Visits to the Web site have jumped sixteenfold since the controversy was publicized Wednesday "
Clinton's camp issued a deadline for the Chinese government-backed publisher, Yilin Press, to withdraw from the fray or lose all rights to sell her book "
"Your failure to inform us (of the changes) â€â€? even after the fact â€â€? is inexcusable as a matter of business relations," the letter argued
In response, Yilin sent an apologetic letter to New York-based Simon & Schuster, but one that blamed the international episode in part on the failure to receive the book promptly from America 4 million copies, recently surpassing the mark for political autobiography set by Colin Powell's 1995 "My American Journey
A Simon & Schuster spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment
"If the breach is not cured within the contractual cure period, we will immediately terminate the agreement
Yilin argued the delay forced the company to rush the Chinese version to stores in order to compete with counterfeit versions sold by street peddlers "
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Simon & Schuster lawyer Elisa Rivlin fired off a response saying Yilin's letter did "not begin to address our serious concerns in this matter "
In publishing circles, the contractual cure period is often a month after notice of the issue It is not clear exactly what termination of the contract would mean, both financially and in terms of the book's availability in China, since Yilin is backed by a provincial government com
"Living History," for which Clinton earned an $8 million advance, has sold 1 Hillary Publisher Angry Over Chinese Edit
Sep 25, 5:04 PM EST
The publishers of Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoirs swapped heated letters with Chinese publishers Thursday over deletions from the Chinese edition of her best-selling "Living History
