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Bad enough 6 multinationals try to run roughshod over everybody, violating laws willy-nilly, why be *happy* at the prospect of the most "liberal" (which is itself a reach, I'll admit) of the six being subsumed into the most reactionary one? Not good for readers, not good for libraries, and in the end it won't even be good for the stockholders. |
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And then released him on bail while further enquiries were made... and probably not going anywhere now as much of the "evidence" is regarded as suspect...
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Rupert Murdoch Wants to Start a Billion Dollar Bidding War for Penguin
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Murdoch claims that 70% of Penguin authors expressed doubts about Random House in phone conversations with their mothers...
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The deal was confirmed this morning:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20120485 Random House will be in the driving seat, with a 53/47 per cent split |
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toil and trouble see how the industry shrinks. |
10-29-2012, 09:18 AM | #38 |
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And we now know that it's "Penguin Random House".
Which still sounds like igloo-squatting in the Arctic. Graham |
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I wonder how this will influence pricing. Penguin immediately embraced the agency model, while Random House dragged its heels and apparently only capitulated because its titles were not available through the Apple iBookstore.
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Penguin consistently never has covers on Overdrive library books. Wonder if this will affect Random House books...
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Dang it. I was hoping it wouldn't happen. Penguin has some of the highest book prices out there. I consistently have to get Penguin books from my library. Honestly I'd rather buy, but they hardly ever put things on sale and several of the paperbacks are 9.99 rather than even 7.99. Pout.
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