The merger between Random House and Penguin continues to progress. This has been in the works, publicly, since October. The arrangement will be a joint venture and will control about a quarter of the market in the US and UK. Read more here. and here.
In a recent article on Salon.com, Laura Miller discusses the future of book publishing. [quote style=”boxed”]Self-publishing fans and the tech-obsessed keep getting it wrong: Big authors want to be in print — and bookstores. – Laura Miller[/quote] [quote style=”boxed”]If print could talk, it would surely be telling the world, Mark Twain-style, that reports of its…
As a long time fan of Stephen King, I was thrilled to get my hands on a copy of Mr. Mercedes. Being the picky reader I am, I wasn’t sure how I would like this. Would it be another CHRISTINE? Would I compare the two? Would I be bored? You never seem to be bored by Stephen King! And romance in a…