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John Legend and his film team will publish books at Zando

When Molly Stern was conceiving the idea for a new publishing company that would leverage the fan bases of celebrities and influencers to fuel sales, she made a list of people she dreamed of working with.

Among them was the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award-winning artist John Legend.

Stern had worked with plenty of celebrities at Crown, where she was publisher until three years ago; she had encouraged Sarah Jessica Parker to start her own imprint, then edited Michelle Obama's hugely successful memoir, "Becoming."

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