Bookselling and International Editor @PublishersWkly. Views expressed are (often) my own (I think). He/Him
Aug 19, 2022 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
DOJvPRH: Petrocelli: PRH fields thousands of submissions a year. This does not trigger some system of oversight. There is no czar of coordination. Why would they impose rules on something they had decided was beneficial to their business.#DOJvPRH
DOJvPRH: Petrocelli points out that post-merger there are still three other large publisher who will "fight fiercely" for books, and there are many other resourced publishers that already exist who can fill any void left by the merger...any book is new, unknown in value. #DOJvPRH
Aug 18, 2022 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
DOJvPRH: Good morning! Ed Snyder is back in the dock. DOJ asks about bid coordination internally at PRH and Judge Pan points out that Madeline McIntosh said she want's to curtail imprints bidding against each other and PRH has appointed an employee to monitor bids. #DOJvPRH
DOJvPRH: Judge Pan to Snyder: "[PRH] appointed something to coordinate bids internally. There is testimony to that effect. There are emails from different editors saying ‘let’s go up this amount or let’s all bid the same amount-- that doesn’t affect your analysis?" #DOJvPRH