Distinguished publisher of Byron, John Murray Ltd, sold to Hodder Headline

Distinguished publisher of Byron, John Murray Ltd, sold to Hodder Headline

'Once publishers were famous for doing lunch; now they feed on one another ... Space on the shelves and promotions in large modern bookshops are sold to the highest bidder. Only the powerful can survive... With every good, medium-sized firm that gets swallowed up, there is less chance of the strange, the maverick, the uncompromisingly original new work finding a publisher.'

Author Terence Blacker, writing in the Independent