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AMONG THE DANGS (255 pp.)-George P. Elliott-Holt, Rinehart & Winston...
...rural Michigan mail carrier, Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, 61, blossomed as co-author of a book that he once wished he could lay hands upon: U.S. Mail: The Story of the United States Postal Service (Holt, Rinehart & Winston; $5). In Manhattan for an author's luncheon, Summerfield admitted that his favorite game is Post Office, proved that he is still an addressee at heart. Said he wryly: "It's difficult to explain why a piece of mail-a letter, a postcard-has not been delivered in due time. But often the delay is because...
...Last week's mergers were but the latest in a series this year: Prentice-Hall, the biggest college text publisher, acquired Iroquois Publishing, which puts out elementary and high school books. Crowell-Collier won control of the Macmillan Co. to create a $60 million publishing complex. Henry Holt, Rinehart and John C. Winston joined forces to create the leading science and language text publishing house, raising sales to $31 million. The aim of all is to get ready for the market looming in the '60s, during which total industry sales of textbooks seem likely to double...
...principle (truer of publishing than of marriage) that two can live more cheaply than one. Ultimately, a single sales and distribution staff will serve both firms. Rising costs are making mergers a major trend in the publishing field. In the last six months alone, Henry Holt. Rinehart and John C. Winston merged, as did World and Meridian, and others will certainly follow...
...SIGN OF TAURUS (320 pp.)-William Fifield-Holf, Rinehart, Winston...