Legal Battle Threatens Suhrkamp

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Legal Battle Threatens Suhrkamp

Posted at 9:23AM Friday 15 Feb 2013

Although a Frankfurt court has deferred a much-anticipated legal decision on the Suhrkamp publishing company, the question remains: How can such a cultural institution continue to survive in a changing market?

Suhrkamp Verlag, considered one of Europe's leading literary and academic publishers, is beset by conflict. Despite having published the likes of philosopher Jürgen Habermas and novelist Isabel Allende, it has been embroiled in a legal battle that is threatening to tear it apart.

DeutscheWelle (via Literary Saloon)

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