Collins Gets All the Love? The NY Observer looks at the revival of Collins under Steve Ross, “a smiley, excitable fellow.” They add: “Since last July, Mr. Ross has been feverishly laying the infrastructure for the new Collins, acquiring books and hiring editors faster than any other publisher has in recent memory. These hires, announced one by one over the past few months, came with some fanfare, and have stunned not only literary agents and Mr. Ross’ competitors at other publishing houses, but also colleagues within HarperCollins. Some editors at the Harper unit, which has long been HarperCollins’ flagship imprint, […]