No mention in the report of the Merger with Bertelsmann as a possible cause for the "redundancies", of course. Nor do they mention that both giants have been shedding staff with every previously-independent imprint they buy up for over 30 years. Many of whom are now freelancers, enabling a certain cottage industry to eat away market share from the BPHs.
In other words, more of the same incoming.
Oh, and in the US they have already closed two massive facilities in NY and PA, moving their warehousing to a new, smaller facility in Indiana.
Surprisingly, Melville House reported on it and *didn't* blame the folks in Seattle. A first for them.
http://www.mhpbooks.com/penguin-rand...on-warehouses/
As an aside, for those not familiar with Melville house, here is a recent sample of their thinking:
http://www.mhpbooks.com/so-why-did-a...n-a-bookstore/