Legal

The DOJ appears very adamant about its opposition to the proposed merger of the two companies.

Cenveo was able to wipe away more than $800 million in debt, largely at the expense of its shareholders and other unsecured creditors.

The ITC ruling ends these imported newsprint tariffs. Funds collected to date will be reversed over a period of three to six months.

Tariffs up to 32% on Canadian uncoated groundwood, including newsprint, is hurting newspapers, directories, books and circulars.

Simon & Schuster's president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has urged colleagues to "resist censorship" in an email to staff in which she summed up 2016 as a "tumultuous year" politically and culturally. Reidy said it was S&S' "responsibility" both to "resist censorship" and "to stand unequivocally for freedom of speech" — "no matter how difficult…

The private act of reading is about to get a lot more public in California. A new law going into effect next month mandates that anyone selling a signed book for more than $5 must vouch for the autograph’s authenticity. That includes, among other things, identifying the previous owner. “If you visit my bookstore to…

WASHINGTON — December 5, 2016 — Earlier this fall, Abrams published a book of adult humor satirizing the rather saccharine covers of the Little Golden Books that many of us grew up with. Edgy and politically incorrect, the book, Bad Little Children’s Books, is definitely not intended for children. It is described by the publisher…

Iowa is the latest state considering the introduction of a sales tax on digital products such as e-books and software. Today, state legislators and Iowa Department of Revenue officials met to discuss the proposal, which would result in a tax on digital products sold by companies with a nexus, or significant physical presence, in the…

They will have to focus on work-related reading rather relaxing with the latest thriller from James Patterson, but government employees in the United Arab Emirates are to be given “dedicated time to read” during work hours following a new law intended to “make reading a daily habit”. Described as the first of its kind, the…

Arab book fairs are like a giant travelling circus; no sooner does one end than publishers are boxing up books, pulling down posters, and moving their wares to the next. There are more than 15 major fairs across the region, with dozens of minor ones. This week, a…