For a close reading of Judge Florence Pan’s ruling to block Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster, CCC’s Chris Kenneally spoke with Michael Cader of Publishers Lunch.

Topic: Trade Publishing

With one especially dominant firm in the market, there would be fewer bidders for book rights with negative impact on negotiations for those rights.

Topic: Trade Publishing

The trick to making ebooks accessible and even beautiful is to think of them as software, says Jens Tröger, Bookalope founder.

Topic: Trade Publishing

Upon review of the extensive record and careful consideration of the parties’ arguments’, the government successfully showed that the effect of the proposed merger, ‘may be to substantially to lessen competition’ in the market for the U.S. publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books.

Topic: Trade Publishing