Some booksellers have been torn over whether or not they need to proceed to inventory Gaiman’s books. Lauren Nopenz, the supervisor and purchaser at Curious Iguana, a bookstore in Frederick, Md., stated the shop would now not carry Gaiman’s books on its cabinets, however would order copies for purchasers who request them. “We don’t need anybody to come back into the shop and see books that make them really feel uncomfortable,” Nopenz stated. Sarah Bagby, the proprietor of Watermark Books in Wichita, Kan., stated her retailer would preserve promoting Gaiman’s work so long as there was buyer demand, however may not promote his books closely. “It’s a predicament, however we’ll carry him,” she stated.
On social media, plenty of authors expressed their shock and horror over the allegations. However some authors who have been buddies of Gaiman’s held again. The married writers Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, who hosted Gaiman’s 2011 marriage ceremony to the musician and author Amanda Palmer at their residence, stated they have been nonetheless processing the experiences.
“I’m simply attempting to soak up all this and don’t know what to say,” Waldman wrote in an e-mail.
Chabon responded equally: “I simply don’t have it in me to speak about it.”
Palmer, who separated from Gaiman a number of years in the past, declined to remark by a spokesperson, who stated that “whereas Ms. Palmer is profoundly disturbed by the allegations that Mr. Gaiman has abused a number of ladies, presently her major concern is, and should stay, the well-being of her son and subsequently, to protect his privateness, she has no touch upon these allegations.”
After Gaiman revealed his assertion, wherein he famous that “I may have and may have performed so a lot better” in his relationships with ladies, a number of the ladies who’ve come ahead stated they have been let down however not shocked.
Stout shared an announcement from a number of of them — a couple of couldn’t be reached — responding to Gaiman’s put up. It learn, “We’re upset to see the identical non-apology that girls on this scenario have seen so many instances earlier than.”
