Simon & Schuster's president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has urged colleagues to "resist censorship" in an email to staff in which she summed up 2016 as a "tumultuous year" politically and culturally. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
These days, it is minimally staffed and funded firms who invest in new authors. The giants avoid such risk, only picking the writers once their names are madePaul McVeigh and Kirsty Logan are authors you may have heard of. Both of their debuts were published by Salt, an independent publisher.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Turianski, a senior production manager at Simon & Schuster, died suddenly on November 17. He was 53. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster will acquire Adams Media, a nonfiction-focused publisher based in Avon, Mass., from F+W Media. Adams will become an S&S imprint and remain under the direction of Karen Cooper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Lynda La Plante is moving from Simon & Schuster to Bonnier Zaffre in a four-book global rights deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
CBS, parent company of Simon & Schuster, was the only company on the Publishers Weekly Stock Index to have an increase in its stock price in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue increased 11% in the third quarter of 2016 at Simon & Schuster, while and earnings rose by $1 million, to $44 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has won what it has labelled a “psychological drama” by author Sarah Vaughan at auction, paying a “good six figures”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bruce Springsteen’s memoir, Born to Run, was an immediate hit when it was released at the end of September in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster, and the book topped the nonfiction bestseller list in Germany and Sweden at the end of last month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Art Sesselberg, a special markets national accounts manager at Simon & Schuster, died on October 8 due to complications from pneumonia. He was 53. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The man who ushered classics like Catch-22 into the world, Gottlieb has reason to brag. But in his new memoir Avid Reader he prefers to downplay the editor’s role Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, once gave an interview where he credited his editor with kicking his work into shape. After... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian publishing is dominated by some familiar names: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is to publish the autobiography of fashion icon Ralph Lauren next autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is to publish Chase the Rainbow, an "honest yet uplifting" account of a woman's life affected by the suicide of her husband by journalist Poorna Bell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster was founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chief executives from leading publishing houses around the world, including Markus Dohle of Penguin Random House, Carolyn Reidy of Simon & Schuster and Arnaud Nourry of Hachette Livre, have said they are "deeply concerned" about the closure of 29 publishing houses in Turkey and called on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster will publish Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine’s official campaign book, 'Stronger Together,' on September 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is stepping up its local publishing in India and has hired an editorial director to head up a new list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is to publish Total Competition, a "unique and revealing insight" into motorsport by Ross Brawn and Adam Parr, in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Geordie Shore" star and "Celebrity Big Brother" winner Scotty T (Scott Timlin) is writing a memoir, to be published by Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]