After years of development, three ceos, eight figures of funding and the challenges of operating a start-up joint venture after the founding partners negotiated settlements with the Department of Justice over alleged collusion, Bookish.com officially launched to the public on Monday evening. (As HBG ceo David Young told the AP, “We received clearance for Bookish, but every time any of us talk about something we have to conform to the DOJ rules.”) The three founding partners–Hachette Book Group, Penguin and Simon & Schuster–are joined by 16 other publishers (including the other three largest publishers, as well as Harlequin, HMH, Norton. […]
