Penguin blames likely job losses on rise of ebooks
by Rob Davies from Technology | The Guardian on (#WY2R)
Publisher wants to cut 225 jobs from Warwickshire warehouse, where books are distributed, owing to decline in demand
Readers' preference for ebooks has been blamed for 225 potential job losses after publisher Penguin Random House announced cuts that leave staff facing an anxious Christmas.
The publisher of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman and EL James latest 50 Shades novel, Grey, wants to cut jobs at its warehouse in Rugby, Warwickshire. It put its decision down to a fall-off in demand for physical books, which are distributed from the warehouse, and consolidation among publishers.
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