This week! Books! Big news this week as the Department of Justice sued to block the proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. If the merger went through, Random Penguin Simon Schuster’s House (or something) would be by far the biggest publisher, with a market share of 50%. The lawsuit takes an […]
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The confusing literary agent landscape (This week in books)
This week! Books! There has been a lot of angst in the literary Twittersphere these past few weeks around agents, alleged bad behavior even among reputable agents, “schmagents” (basically bad agents who sometimes don’t even know they’re bad agents), and quite a lot of author frustration. I don’t want to get into too many specifics, […]
The Mega 1 + Big 3 era arrives (This week in books)
This week! Books! Huge news dropped before Thanksgiving that ViacomCBS has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House’s Berteslmann. Assuming the deal survives antitrust scrutiny, it would essentially turn the Big 5 into one mega-publisher (whatever Penguin Random House + S&S ends up being called) and three major publishers (HarperCollins, Macmillan, and […]
Support indie bookstores (This week in books)
This week! Books! Lots and lots and lots of links for you from this frankly world-changing week. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. My heart goes out to our medical professionals, those that are experiencing health and financial hardships, and everyone suffering in any way from all of this. I […]
