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Harry and Meghan's Netflix series 'more harmful' than 'Spare' memoir says royal expert

Royal expert Camilla Tominey explained that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's self-titled Netflix documentary is said to be far more damaging than Harry's upcoming memoir 'Spare'

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle is stepping down

The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Canadian journalist’s memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensual

Film-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s book

The Guardian - US · Dec 8, 2022

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'Expressive times': Publishing industry an open book in 2022

Along with the thousands of books it released in 2022, the publishing industry also offered — not always willingly — some stories about itself

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

15 fiction books that follow their own rules — and make great gifts

What books make the best gifts? That's not an easy question when it comes to fiction; each novel or story collection sets its own mood, follows its own rules, appeals to its own perfect reader.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 30, 2022

Editors have long been publishing's hidden handmaidens – what might we gain if we acknowledged their role?

Editors are almost always unseen and unheard – until something goes wrong. That might be a relatively minor mistake, such as a typo – as in a cookbook that mistakenly listed “people” instead of “pepper” in a recipe. Or it could be more substantial questions about the integrity of a…

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2022

Won't somebody think of Stephen King?

An unusual Justice Department strategy sank the merger of two publishing titans. Here are the real-world effects

Salon · Nov 26, 2022

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How to get your hands on Prince Harry's explosive memoir 'Spare' for free via Amazon

Spare, which hits store shelves next year, already had its price cut in half ahead of its release, but now you can get your virtual hands on it for absolutely nothing thanks to Black Friday sales

Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022

Paramount scraps $2.2bn sale of Simon & Schuster publishing to Penguin

Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ pay

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2022

There's No Constitutional Right To Own a Pit Bull, Federal Court Says

Plus: A flawed study on marijuana risks, the collapsing publishing-house merger, and more...

Reason · Nov 21, 2022

Stephen L. Carter: Don't cancel Amy Coney Barrett’s book

Kudos to Penguin Random House for sticking to its plan to publish a book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett despite a petition from hundreds of people who work in publishing arguing that the company should cancel the volume due to the author’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022

US Judge lays out case for blocking publishing giants merger

A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Penguin Refuses to Stop Publishing Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Book

The Wall St. J. (Jeffrey Trachtenberg) wrote on Oct. 31 (but I somehow missed it): The book is being published by the Sentinel imprint of Bertelsmann SE's Penguin Random House. "We remain fully committed to publishing authors who, like Justice Barrett, substantively shape today's most important conversations," said Adrian Zackheim,…

Reason · Nov 6, 2022

Prince Harry didn't change memoir after Queen's death and chose name himself, says pal

Omid Scobie, an author and friend of Meghan Markle, has claimed that Prince Harry's upcoming memoir Spare was completed five months before the Queen's death and its controversial title was picked by the prince himself

Daily Mirror · Nov 4, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Independent booksellers unimpressed by Prince Harry memoir being sold at half-price

Spare, which is released in January, has been heavily discounted by larger retailers, leaving smaller bookshops unable to compete

Salon · Nov 1, 2022

Authors celebrate antitrust case

CEOs gave bizarre testimony. Stephen King took the stand. Simon & Schuster and Penguin will remain separate

Salon · Nov 1, 2022

How Prince Harry made a royal bestseller

Why is Harry telling his story now, who's helping him write it and what might the memoir say about his father?

Daily Mirror · Nov 1, 2022

Prince Harry's tell-all memoir will see him use royals as 'collateral damage', says expert

According to royal expert Jennie Bond, Prince Harry's upcoming book, which is called Spare, appears to have the palace worried after it was described as "raw" and "unflinching" by its publisher

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Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Penguin’s £1.9bn merger with US books giant is halted by judge

A merger would have ‘impoverished our democracy’, US judge finds

WEKU · Nov 1, 2022

Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, saying that the joining of two of the world's biggest publishers could "lessen competition."

Los Angeles Times · Nov 1, 2022

Judge blocks Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & Schuster

A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s attempt to swallow its smaller rival, Simon & Schuster, dealing a blow to the world’s largest book publisher’s attempt to become an even bigger giant.

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2022

US judge blocks $2.2bn Penguin Random House merger

Justice department argued the melding of the publishing house with Simon & Schuster would harm competition and authors’ pay

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster

Axios · Nov 1, 2022

Judge blocks $2.2 billion merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The DOJ has argued that the merger violates antitrust law and would harm competition.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king — and the Biden administration — has been trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

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