While the anti-monopoly movement has a huge victory to celebrate, the publishing industry is left with a sense of impending doom.

Junior staffers at Penguin Random House scoff at the idea that one of their own was powerful enough to derail a new collection of the author’s work.

The acquisition of Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House shows that the industry is headed toward a monopolistic singularity.

The craziest year in publishing industry history just got crazier.