Olivier Nora

This in full is the Publishers Lunch story from 20 April: The fallout from the firing last week of longtime CEO of Hachette-owned Grasset Olivier Nora continues. Controlling owner Vincent Bolloré confirmed that Nora was fired due to a dispute over the publication date for author Bouale Sansal’s account of his imprisonment in an Algerian jail, which will be released on June 6. “The head of Grasset had wanted to release it at the end of the year—a move contrary to the wishes of Hachette’s management, the true owner of Grasset,” Bolloré wrote in a column in Le Journal du Dimanche, a publication he owns. Bolloré noted: “As for the attacks concerning my ‘ideology,’ I reiterate once again: I am a Christian Democrat, and Hachette’s management will continue to publish all authors who wish to be published.” Regarding the authors who have signed an open letter saying they will not agree to published by Grasset in the future, Bolloré wrote: “Grasset will continue, and those who are leaving will…