Dohle seeks to reassure PRH staffers as US colleagues told to go home

Markus Dohle, chief executive officer for Penguin Random House, has shared a note to reassure staff worldwide that the safeguarding of their health is its "highest priority", at the same time as staff in its US offices, in New York, Colorado Springs and Emeryville, were told to "plan for today to be your last day in the office". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Perseus Creates New Service for Authors Seeking to Self-Publish

David Steinberger of Perseus, which will offer distribution and marketing to authors. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Get author consent in writing, publisher agents told

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Chorion seeks buyer after failing to ease debt

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Borders seeks court approval for closing-down sales

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Publishers seek second half upturn to 2011

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Fiction Express seeks interaction from readers for digital series

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