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and how it affects the writing of literature
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and the publishing, even before you arrive
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at the bookstore.
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Traditional publishing has undergone a huge consolidation
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since the 1980s.
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So, there are large multinational corporations that have
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bought up publishers.
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The one signal example of this is when Bertelsmann,
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a German company, bought up Pantheon Books.
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This is written about in a book.
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Now I'm forgetting the name of it.
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It'll come to me.