Hachette has joined Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins in withdrawing from Book Expo and Book Con. They wrote in a statement on Thursday, “With the impact of the coronavirus still an unknown, Hachette Book Group has decided to withdraw our participation in Book Expo and BookCon 2020 in the interest of the health and well-being of our employees and authors. We’ll miss having the opportunity to engage with booksellers, librarians, and readers but are committed to finding new ways to connect these audiences with our books and authors.”