schiffrin published a memoir in 2000, in which he explains his side of the controversies surrounding pantheon and random house called "the business of books: how international conglomerates took over publishing and changed the way we read", in which he accused vitale and those with money-making interests of homogenizing the publishing industry by focusing too much on profits, and warns: "the resulting control on the spread of ideas is stricter than anyone would have thought possible in a free society". in a 2003 interview, former pantheon editor tom engelhardt reflects on the pantheon controversy in light of the acquisition by bertelsmann: "pantheon was a very specific place, publishing a very specific kind of book, and we felt that was being wiped out. as it turned out, what happened at pantheon was the beginning of the gargantuan feasting on the independent publishing house and not-so-independent houses as well."