Joaquin Castro tweeted the following:
"Right now, @PenguinRandom is attempting to merge with @SimonSchuster. If the merger goes through, Penguin will dominate nearly half of the publishing market, giving it incredible leverage over which books are bought and how much authors are paid."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Joaquin Castro:
"Even without this merger, Latino authors are already being overlooked. Two years ago, the @nytimes published a study showing that 95 percent of the major English-language fiction books published between 1950-2018 were written by white authors.nytimes.com/interactive/20"Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"This afternoon, I convened a meeting with executives from @PenguinRandom to hear from Latino authors, agents, and publishers about the serious ramifications of excluding Latinos from the publishing industry. "Read on Twitter
"Uvalde is a largely Spanish-speaking city & the community deserve a full account of the shooting.It shouldnt have taken this long but Im glad Texas officials are starting to listen. All further reports & briefings need to be bilingual from the start. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/22" on July 22Read on Twitter
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