Should We Celebrate the Blockbuster Leigh Bardugo Deal?

5 min readMar 17

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This week, social media became all a-twitter after Macmillan announced a blockbuster deal for author Leigh Bardugo. But some reactions were negative.

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How Big Is This Deal?

This was an eight-figure deal. That was newsworthy enough to hit news sources ranging from AP News to Fox News. Not to mention websites devoted to books and media, such as…

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