Mergers & Acquisitions

Readerlink Buys Studio Fun Assets
October 19, 2016 at 1:00 am

Readerlink has acquired a range assets of Studio Fun, the children's publisher that had been known as Reader's Digest Children's Publishing.

NetGalley Buys Bookish
October 12, 2016 at 1:08 pm

NetGalley has acquired all the assets of Bookish, save its book recommendation engine. The purchase includes the Bookish website and associate brands and trademarks. No price was disclosed. Bookish was founded in 2011 by Hachette Book Group, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster as a website covering books and authors.

NetGalley Buys Bookish.com
October 12, 2016 at 1:00 am

NetGalley has acquired the Bookish.com website and associate brands and trademarks.

Catapult, Counterpoint Merge
September 1, 2016 at 1:00 am

Catapult and Counterpoint Press have completed a merger agreement between the two independent publishers that will make Catapult cofounder Andy Hunter the publisher of both Catapult and Counterpoint.

Press Release: Wiley Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Atypon
August 19, 2016 at 10:40 am

HOBOKEN, N.J. — August 18, 2016 — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services that improve outcomes in research, professional practice and education, announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atypon, a Silicon Valley-based publishing-software company, for $120 million in cash. Atypon is a trusted technology…

IDPF & W3C Still Evaluating Merger
August 12, 2016 at 12:31 pm

On May 10, IDPF and W3C announced that we were jointly exploring the potential to combine our organizations to accelerate EPUB adoption and advance publishing technologies for the overall Open Web Platform. Since the announcement, both organizations have received significant feedback from members and industry stakeholders, which we are in the process of evaluating and…

Penguin Random House to Combine Offices in NYC, Saving $20M Annually
August 9, 2016 at 12:35 pm

Yesterday CEO Markus Dohle sent a memo to New-York-based Penguin Random House staff informing them that their separate offices would be combined in early 2019. PRH staff working at 375 and 345 Hudson Street will join their colleagues at 1745 Broadway. This marks the next step in the integration of the Penguin and Random House…