would damage the careers of some of the most popular authors, it is leaning in part on the testimony of a writer who has thrived like few others: Stephen King.
announced in late 2021, joining two of the world's biggest publishers into what rival CEO Michael Pietsch of Hachette Book Group has called a “gigantically prominent" entity.“The more the publishers consolidate, the harder it is for indie publishers to survive," King tweeted last year. “Inside I was turning cartwheels," Hard Case co-founder Charles Ardai would remember thinking when King contacted him.
He could have played the grinch with little make up. He is one ugly dude.
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