Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
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TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too.
As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors...
HarperCollins Workers Strike For Increased Wages, Benefits and Diversity
The one-day action, unionized employees said, was intended to draw attention to core problems with the publishing industry.
Dana Canedy, Publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint, Has Left the Job
She was the first Black woman in the position, which she held for two years. Her hiring came amid a push for diversity in the...
Penguin Random House Defends Effort to Buy Simon & Schuster
The Biden administration has challenged the deal over concerns it would harm authors, but the publisher said that argument is a misunderstanding of how the...
Hachette to Buy Workman, as Publishing Continues Consolidation Push
Workman, known for “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and other lucrative older titles, is one of the largest independent publishers in the United States.