What it was like to work for Victoria Barnsley
Victoria Barnsley gave me my first job in publishing. At HarperCollins she has an office on the fourth floor —the top floor—and its entirely black and lined with books. How… Read more »
André Schiffrin on mergermania
The esteemed publishing veteran offers some cautionary wisdom… Read more »
Why the Random Penguin merger could be good for indie publishers
The news that Penguin and Random House will merge into one large frankenpublisher sent shockwaves through the book industry as the frankenstorm lashed the northeast. The move is motivated by… Read more »
Amazon-front “New Harvest” close to launch, but booksellers still say no
Independent “booksellers have become more entrenched about their decision” not to stock or display books published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint New Harvest—a front for books acquired and published in… Read more »
Will Fifty Shades of Grey double Random House’s profits?
Random House USA has sold nearly 20 million books in E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, according to a Wall Street Journal report by Jeffrey Trachtenberg. The books—which went… Read more »
The dark visions of Alberto Vitale
Former Random House CEO Alberto Vitale is back from the dead, expounding on the future of publishing and desperately trying to seem relevant in a long interview posted on Publishing… 2 / Read more »
America’s biggest indie publishers join together to criticize DOJ lawsuit
Nine of the country’s largest indie publishers have joined forces to criticize the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of New York’s Big Six publishers, and in particular… Read more »
Penguin v. Random House
Here’s something not to be missed from Penguin’s reply to the Justice Department’s antitrust action: an email sent by Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks to Steve Riggio, the president… 3 / Read more »
Penguin, Macmillan answer DOJ lawsuit, accuse the Justice Department of siding with “monopolist retailer Amazon”
Six weeks after the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five of New York’s Big Six publishers, the two standing publisher defendants, Penguin and Macmillan, formally… 5 / Read more »
More highlights of the DOJ lawsuit evidence show the battle is bigger than you think
Still more revelations from the amended lawsuit being brought against publishers by 31 states (see the earlier MobyLives report) have been posted, with commentary, by Jane Litte on the Dear… Read more »