HC in 'merger talks' with S&S

HarperCollins is in early talks about merging with Simon & Schuster, according to reports in... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Stephen King testifies against $2B Penguin merger

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Harry and Meghan biographer Omid Scobie says his sequel ‘will have the world talking’

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