Macmillan ceo John Sargent released a letter to the company’s authors, illustrators and agents explaining their position in declining to settlement the lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Department of Justice: “The charge is civil, not criminal. Let me start by saying that Macmillan did not act illegally. Macmillan did not collude.” As Sargent recalls poignantly, “It is … hard to settle a lawsuit when you know you have done no wrong. The government’s charge is that Macmillan’s CEO colluded with other CEO’s in changing to the agency model. I am Macmillan’s CEO and I made the decision to move Macmillan […]