Penguin

July 1, 2018, marked the fifth anniversary of the completion of the Penguin Group-Random House merger, a deal that created the world's largest trade publisher, which had $3.4 billion in global sales in 2017.  Read more

Tired of agents and publishers fighting the last war, Christopher Joll decided to self-publish. It worked out well, eventually, but fellow travellers must be aware that Author House and others exist to make money from - not via - their authors.  Read more

Adam Davidson in the New York Times: 'When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage. At least that was my thought when Random House and Penguin, two of the world's six largest publishers, announced that they were coming together last month.'

Ian Jack argues in the Guardian that with Penguin now largely German-owned, English-language publishing is now more than ever a European concern.