Today in books and publishing: News Corp. now wants to merge HarperCollins with Simon & Schuster; Sandy ruined 9,000 books in a New York store; you'll never guess which two series have sold the most Kindle books.
With News Corp.'s late bid to absorb Penguin into HarperCollins thwarted, Penguin Random House is now a done deal. Pearson and Bertelsmann have confirmed previously announced plans to merge the two major publishers.
Today in books and publishing: Girls creator has inked a huge deal; Wikileaks founder has a book deal; and uncertainty over Penguin's future ownership.
Thanks to Twitter, Rupert Murdoch's next "war" is only 140 characters away. This week, it just happens to be with "lies and libels", "old toffs and rightwingers" and a damning BBC documentary about News Corp.'s alliance with computer hackers.
Rupert Murdoch's son has been recalled to Parliament
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