Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity
The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse
by Chloe Veltman
Aug 07, 2022
3 minutes
One of the largest antitrust trials ever to hit the publishing industry is unfolding in a federal courthouse in Washington. The Department of Justice says that the proposed merger announced in 2020 between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would stifle competition.
But what would a successful merger mean on a practical level for booksellers, authors and others in the industry?
, an author in Richmond, Va., has been watching the case closely. Even though Penguin Random House is her
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