Justice department argued the melding of the publishing house with Simon & Schuster would harm competition and authors’ payA US judge has blocked the $2.2bn planned merger of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, with rival Simon & Schuster.Judge Florence Pan of the US district court for the District of Columbia said in a brief order on Monday that she had found that the justice department had shown that the deal would “substantially” harm competition “in the market for the US publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-01 00:30:18 UTC ]
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The News Media Alliance and Digital Content Next call on digital advertisers and digital advertising companies to stop using keyword Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-03 21:38:18 UTC ]
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Half Price Books has laid off or furloughed 2,146 people, representing 78% of its workforce of 2,752. The company operates 126 stores in 17 states, all of which are closed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-01 16:56:22 UTC ]
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This wide-ranging volume celebrates our fascination with the residences of literary figures, artists, composers and politicians Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-01 16:03:00 UTC ]
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The four siblings central to Freeman’s book, a history of a 20th-century Jewish family as much as a memoir, were outsized characters. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-30 21:52:58 UTC ]
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Last week, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of you are […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-27 08:48:47 UTC ]
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The maverick, ‘free-range’ kids’ list has been behind a number of breakout authors and series since its inception in 2000—and has no plans to alter its approach any time soon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 23:01:42 UTC ]
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Body positivity campaigner and influencer Megan Crabbe and the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales, Eloise Williams, are among the judges for the 2020 YA Book Prize, which reveals its shortlist later today (Thursday 26th March). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 18:44:12 UTC ]
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“Even years after the events,” Perrotta says of the characters he created, “they were trying to figure out how to process this grief.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-25 15:16:52 UTC ]
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The suit was first filed in October of 2018, after President Trump made numerous threats against journalists and organizations whose coverage he disliked. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will move on to a Phase Two investigation of the proposed merger between Cengage and McGraw-Hill, after concluding in its first probe that the move could result in higher-priced university textbooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 16:41:27 UTC ]
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Parents keen to encourage children into good hygiene practices during the coronavirus outbreak turn to Tony Ross’s anarchic creation for helpParents desperate to persuade their children to keep washing their hands have been turning to Tony Ross’s anarchic creation the Little Princess for help,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-03-23 12:31:25 UTC ]
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All the variations you could ever want of those iconic orange and white Penguin book covers on your favorite medium: mugs. Duh! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-23 10:35:49 UTC ]
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Penguin Business will publish Cate Sevilla's guide to working titled How to Work Without Losing Your Mind. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 19:49:13 UTC ]
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Like any serious entrepreneurial endeavor in the media business, Business of Home was born in 2009 out of the recognition of an underserved audience. Its founder and president, Julia Noran Johnston, who at the time had been working at Hearst Magazines, on the business side of Veranda, for five... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-19 18:28:29 UTC ]
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Penguin Life will publish a "timely and important" book about mental health in sport by Gary Bloom titled Head in the Game. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 22:31:22 UTC ]
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Craig Groeschel’s guide to a deeper faith in ‘Dangerous Prayers’ debuts at #2 on PW’s Religion Nonfiction chart; a new romance by 'The Wedding Dress' author Rachel Hauck takes #3 in Religion Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After an initial phase of investigation, the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority has decided that the loss of competition brought about by the proposed merger between Cengage and McGraw-Hill could raise the price of university textbooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 21:53:42 UTC ]
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How J. Edgar Hoover used the power of libraries for (gasp!) evil. | Lit Hub History “Mechanical travel blunts our sense of the world.” On the reverie and detachment of the American road trip. | Lit Hub Travel On the magic sentences of Lauren Groff, creating action without verbs. | Lit... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-07 12:30:11 UTC ]
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ViacomCBS puts Simon & Schuster up for sale. The publishing house is not a core asset, and the newly merged ViacomCBS is looking to shed properties. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-04 17:33:53 UTC ]
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