A Trial Put Publishing’s Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn? - The New York Times


8/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
by Elizabeth A. Harris, Alexandra Alter, Adam Bednar

The book world can be opaque to outsiders. A case offered an unusual glimpse into it, revealing curiosities about the business and details about book deals.

They are the only firms with the capital, reputations, editorial capacity, marketing, publicity, sales, and distribution resources to regularly acquire anticipated top-selling books, lawyers for the … [+1755 chars]

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