Critics Rip Private Equity Firm’s Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster as ‘Dark Day for Publishing’
"I guess all of corporate book publishing is beholden to investors above all else but this really makes it blatant," said one literary podcaster.
What Simon & Schuster’s Acquisition Would Mean for American Publishing
If past experience is a useful guide to the future, we need not overly fear such imperial mergers and acquisitions.