Changing of the guard?

For what seems like since time immemorial, Penguin Random House Children's has been by far the biggest beast in British kids' publishing. That might have changed this morning with HarperCollins' announcement that it will acquire Egmont UK, plus Egmont’s Polish and German children’s book publishing divisions. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 02:11:04 UTC ]

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