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FILE - Seth Rogen arrives at the 33rd American Cinematheque Award honoring Charlize Theron in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Nov. 8, 2019. The actor, comedian, filmmaker and proud stoner has a deal with Crown for his first book. It’s called “Yearbook&quot; and it’s scheduled for May 11. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Smokin’: Seth Rogen’s first book, ‘Yearbook,’ is out May 11

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Beatrix Robb, 13, of Brattleboro, Vt., and her mother, Jen, look for a book at the Brooks Memorial Library, in Brattleboro, Vt., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The library plans to close its doors on Thanksgiving and reopen on Dec. 14, 2020, as the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the area. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

EDITORIAL: Home-grown cultural despots attempt to cancel the Western canon

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this May 28, 2015 file photo, signs for Hachette Book Group are displayed at BookExpo America in New York. The annual publishing convention and trade show, a decades-old tradition, may be coming to an end. ReedPop, which has managed BookExpo for a quarter century, announced Tuesday that it was dropping the event, along with the fan-based BookCon. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Event organizer drops BookExpo, annual publishing convention

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

This March 13, 2003 file photo shows an exterior view of the German media giant Bertelsmann in Guetersloh, Germany. German media giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday that it is buying publisher Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS for $2.17 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file) **FILE**

Liberal think tank urges DOJ to block sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Obama: Trump an ‘elixir’ for Americans ‘spooked by a Black man in the White House’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SAUL LOEB

Obama book ‘A Promised Land’ underscores animosity for Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Anita Hill attends the 10th annual DVF Awards in New York on April 11, 2019. Hill, Neil Gaiman and Ann Patchett will be among the contributors to Book the Vote, an online initiative to provide information on the electoral system, voting registration and civic topics. Book the Vote (bookthevote.com) is a collaboration among Penguin Random House, PEN America, the non-profit organization When We All Vote and the literary retailer Out of Print, which is owned by Penguin Random House. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Penguin Random House, PEN America team up to Book the Vote

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This 2007 image released by G.P. Putnam's Sons shows author Clive Cussler riding in a classic car. Cussler died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 at his home in Scottsdale, AZ. He was 88. (Ronnie Bramhall/G.P. Putnam's Sons via AP)

Clive Cussler, adventure novelist, dies at 88 in Arizona

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

This cover image released by Flatiron Books shows &quot;American Dirt,&quot; a novel by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron Books via AP)

Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

This cover image released by Ballantine shows &quot;Mr. Nobody,&quot; a novel by Catherine Steadman. (Ballantine via AP)

Review: `Mr. Nobody’ is mesmerizing psychological thriller

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN - Associated Press

Bertelsmann to take full control of Penguin Random House

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Obamas’ publisher makes new pledge to education organization

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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018 file photo, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks to the crowd as she presents her anticipated memoir &quot;Becoming&quot; during her book tour stop in Washington. Obama’s first book since “Becoming” is more about her readers than about herself. “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice” will be published Nov. 19, 2019, by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The new release was announced Monday, Oct. 7 and is a companion to her multimillion-selling “Becoming,” which came out last November. It features an introduction by the former first lady and quotations and questions related to her memoir and is designed to help readers tell their own stories. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Michelle Obama’s next project is a companion to ‘Becoming’

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Spanish edition of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ out next month

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2016, file photo, author and producer Mark Halperin appears at the Showtime Critics Association summer media tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A reported book deal for Halperin, the &quot;Game Change&quot; co-author and political commentator who has faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment, is being greeted with widespread outrage. Politico announced Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, that Halperin's &quot;How To Beat Trump&quot; was expected in November. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Publisher confirms Halperin book despite intense criticism

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Vermont library recognized for innovative programs

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This 2015 photo released by Peter Bernstein shows Robert L. Bernstein, an eminent publishing executive at Random House and a human rights activist, who died Monday, May 27, 2019 in New York. He was 96. (Elisabeth D. Bernstein via AP)

Robert Bernstein, top publishing executive, dead at 96

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., about the administration's approach to counterterrorism campaign. A stretch of road in Los Angeles will be renamed after former President Barack Obama during a festival and unveiling ceremony Saturday, May 4, 2019. Obama Boulevard will replace Rodeo Road, a 3 ½-mile street that runs from Culver City to mid-city Los Angeles, passing the city's historic black neighborhood. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Barack Obama’s book not expected to be released in 2019

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed by President Donald Trump, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch has a collection of speeches, writings and original essays coming out this fall. Crown Forum, a conservative imprint at Penguin Random House, announced Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that Gorsuch’s “A Republic, If You Can Keep It” is scheduled for Sept. 10. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Book of Gorsuch speeches and writings out in September

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

New Philip Pullman ‘Book of Dust” novel coming Oct. 3

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