{"id":3730,"date":"2021-08-26T15:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2021-08-26T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:54:47","slug":"hachette-buys-workman-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/hachette-buys-workman-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Hachette buys Workman: What does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcas<\/a>t, Joe and Elly <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UQRCwqZtQWI\">consider the recent news that giant publishing conglomerate Hachette is buying one of the last of the large independents, Workman<\/a>. 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