In a telephone interview on Tuesday evening, Mr. Pietsch declined to provide further details on the book, such as its initial print run or how much Grand Central paid for it. And he declined to say anything further about the contents, beyond that it was “the complete story of his life, from the beginning to the present moment,” told in “Woody Allen’s unmistakable voice.”

Mr. Pietsch said he had called Mr. Farrow on Monday after hearing from the author’s agent that he was unhappy about the publication. And he reiterated what he said he had told Mr. Farrow: that a basic principle of publishing was that its divisions do not interfere editorially with each other.

“We do not allow anyone’s publishing program to interfere with anyone else’s,” he said, noting that Hachette publishes “thousands of books” a year.

“Each book has its own mission,” he said. “Our job as a publisher is to help the author achieve what they have set out to do in the creation of their book.”

Asked about the mission of Mr. Allen’s book, he paused. “Grand Central publishing believes strongly that there’s a large audience that wants to hear the story of Woody Allen’s life as told by Woody Allen himself,” he said. “That’s what they’ve chosen to publish.”

Mr. Farrow declined to comment on his conversations with Mr. Pietsch or the publication of Mr. Allen’s book. Letty Aronson, Mr. Allen’s sister, said he had no comment.

The announcement of the memoir’s impending publication was a surprise twist in the literary fortunes of Mr. Allen, whose career has been stalled in the #MeToo era. In recent years, actors including Greta Gerwig and Timothée Chalamet have expressed regret about working with Mr. Allen. In 2018, Amazon Studios ended a multimovie distribution deal with the filmmaker, citing a renewed focus on the allegations against Mr. Allen, among other reasons.