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The Big Five and the Architecture of Modern Publishing
Trade publishing in the United States is dominated by five multinational conglomerates that collectively control a substantial share of the general trade market. Together, they hold the most extensive catalogs, command the widest distribution networks, and exert disproportionate influence over which books achieve national visibility.
Dec 16, 202515 min read
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Guernica Editions
Founded in Montreal in 1978 by Antonio D’Alfonso and now led by Michael Mirolla and Connie Guzzo-McParland, Guernica Editions has spent nearly five decades championing boundary-defying literature—publishing bold, multilingual, and politically engaged voices that continue to reshape Canadian and international writing.
Oct 24, 20257 min read
Ecco
Ecco's origins arise as an offshoot of the magazine Antaeus, keeping Paul Bowles, Cormac McCarthy, Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Czesław Miłosz in print, to its reinvention inside HarperCollins as the house willing to gamble six figures on Kitchen Confidential and build a serious food and culture list around Anthony Bourdain.
Mar 20, 20257 min read
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is one of the Big Five English-language trade publishers, and, at roughly two thousand new titles a year across more than thirty imprints, remains one of the central coordinates of contemporary publishing.
Jul 5, 202313 min read
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