Stephen King set to testify for govt in books merger trial

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Stephen King set to testify for govt in books merger trial
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: As the Justice Department bids to convince a federal judge that the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would damage the careers of...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: As the Justice Department bids to convince a federal judge that the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would damage the careers of some of the most popular authors, it is leaning in part on the testimony of a writer who has thrived like few others: Stephen King.

King's affinity for smaller publishers is personal. Even while continuing to publish with the Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner, he has written thrillers for the independent Hard Case Crime. Years ago, the publisher asked him to contribute a blurb, but King instead offered to write a novel for them, 'The Colorado Kid,' released in 2005.'Inside I was turning cartwheels,' Hard Case co-founder Charles Ardai would remember thinking when King contacted him.

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