Former New York prosecutor under fire from two sides over the contents of his upcoming tell-all
Both author and publisher are defending the contents of the book and publication is scheduled to go ahead as planned.
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Both author and publisher are defending the contents of the book and publication is scheduled to go ahead as planned.
PRH reiterated its belief that Judge Pan's decision was wrong and that it had intended to appeal.
Judge Pan's decision helps protect that part of the publishing ecosystem that does not fall under the umbrella of the Big Five.
The U.S. Department of Justice called the ruling "a victory for authors, readers, and the free exchange of ideas."
"Once a book with a big advance is in-house ... it gets no special treatment," McIntosh said on the stand.
Dohle suggested on the stand that publishers resembled the "Silicon Valley of media" and compared their work to that of angel investors in business.
"When I started in this business, there were literally hundreds of imprints, and some of them were run by people with extremely idiosyncratic tastes, one might say."
The suit to block the proposed merger is set to begin in a Washington, D.C., court on Monday, August 1.
The expansion at S&S is meant to telegraph to authors and agents that the house is broadening the scope of its publishing, says president and publisher Kevin Hanson.
Two ongoing battles surround the proposed deal to combine two of the world’s largest publishers and the financial woes of a former New York governor.