From Laura Hazard-Owen at paidContent: Random House parent company Bertelsmann and Penguin parent company Pearson announced Thursday that the Department of Justice has approved the proposed merger between Random House and Penguin “without conditions.” The merger, which remains under review by other antitrust authorities including the European Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau, would create [...]
Penguin, Random House Merger Is On
By on October 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
Just days after word broke that a Penguin/Random House merger was a possibly, it’s nearly a done deal. The companies announced they’re creating a joint venture, pending regulatory approval. (To the disappointment of the Twitterverse, it will be named Penguin Random House, not Random Penguin.)
Big Six May Become Big Five—Random House and Penguin in Preliminary Merger Talks
By on October 25, 2012
Pearson is in talks with Bertelsmann to combine Penguin and Random House, the company confirmed. However, “the two companies have not reached agreement and there is no certainty that the discussions will lead to a transaction,” Pearson said in a statement.
Giving HarperCollins’s Ebook Model Some Credit and More Thought | Editorial
By on October 24, 2012 2 Comments
Random House Says Libraries Own Their Ebooks | LJ Insider
By on October 18, 2012 5 Comments
Q&A: Random House VP Skip Dye on Ebooks in Libraries
By on October 8, 2012
Skip Dye, vice president, director of library and academic marketing and sales for Random House, discusses the publisher’s views on ebooks in libraries as part of a series of Q&As leading up to “The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond,” LJ’s third annual ebook summit on Wednesday, October 17.
ALA Contemplating a Seal of Approval for Ebook Business Models | ALA Annual 2012
By on June 24, 2012
The American Library Association’s Digital Content & Libraries Working Group has had a busy year, and it is now halfway through its two-year mission to help guide ALA in its response to all the challenges and difficulties that ebooks are presenting to the librarian community, with a particular focus on public librarians and the Big [...]
First Harper, Now Random | Editorial
By on April 9, 2012
Our Ebook Future: Librarians and publishers in dialog | The Digital Shift
By on October 1, 2011
In this Article Random House HarperCollins Melville House The reading ecosystem is evolving fast, even as you read this. Facing the rapid transition to ebooks together, rather than in isolated camps, librarians, publishers, authors, and readers can ensure that we meet our missions on all fronts. This series of conversations is a start, aspiring to [...]
