Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger won’t affect literary agents’ options, first defense witness says
By Serafina Smith ( August 10, 2022, 22:38 GMT | Insight) -- Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, the first defense witness in the Department of Justice’s challenge to the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, testified today that the merger won’t harm authors because relationships with individual editors and imprints are more important than the number of publishing houses competing to acquire a book.Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, the first defense witness in the Department of Justice’s challenge to the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, testified that the merger won’t harm authors because relationships with individual editors and imprints are more important than the number of publishing houses competing to acquire a book. ...
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