This photo released by Knopf shows Paul Bogaards. Bogaards  and David Drake of Crown each said there had been a small number of layoffs across various departments, following reductions at Random House announced last fall and at the end of last year, not long after the publisher merged its divisions from five into three. Random House has also frozen pensions for current employees and eliminated them for future hires. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

This photo released by Knopf shows Paul Bogaards. Bogaards and David Drake of Crown each said there had been a small number of layoffs across various departments, following reductions at Random House announced last fall and at the end of last year, not long after the publisher merged its divisions from five into three. Random House has also frozen pensions for current employees and eliminated them for future hires.