Cspans book tv. And this is about books, book tvs program and podcast, which looks at the business of publishing. Well, in just a few minutes, well hear from an author who has spent most of her career trying to get readers to read other authors. But first, a us circuit judge recently blocked the planned 2 billion merger between penguin, random house and simon and schuster. Andrew albanys is a Senior Writer with Publishers Weekly and hes followed the case from the beginning and he joins us now. So mr. Albanys remind us of what this merger was. To begin with, this merger was said to be the the coming together of the Worlds Largest english language trade publisher, which is Penguin Random house, with its Third Largest big five rival, publisher Simon Schuster would have created a megamerger, a publisher that would have been roughly 49 of the market for bestselling books. So who was supporting it and who was against it . Whats supporting it, of course, were the merging parties, right . Simo
On about books. We delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspans book tv. And this is about books, book tvs program and podcast, which looks at the business of publishing. Well, in just a few minutes, well hear from an author who has spent most of her career trying to get readers to read other authors. But first, a us circuit judge recently blocked the planned 2 billion merger between penguin, random house and simon and schuster. Andrew albanys is a Senior Writer with Publishers Weekly and hes followed the case from the beginning and he joins us now. So mr. Albanys remind us of what this merger was. To begin with, this merger was said to be the the coming together of the Worlds Largest english language trade publisher, which is Penguin Random house
on about books. we delve into the latest news about the publishing industry with interesting insider interviews with publishing industry experts. we ll also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. the latest book reviews. and we ll talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span s book looking at the bus of publishing. and now we want to introduce you to british writer louise wilder. she has spent most of her career trying to get readers to buy other authors books. she does it through blurb writing. in fact, she is so prolific, she s written a book about it. blurb your enthusiasm. book tv s john mcardle sat down with her recently to talk about her new book. louise welder what s a blurb and how important is it to a book? success? right. well, the word blurb, i guess, has different meanings. and over your side of the atlantic that it does here in england, i think in the u.s., it s more commonly used to describe an advanced endorsement that this, an
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