Second quarter sales jumped 34% over last year’s second quarter at Simon & Schuster, and operating income leapt 54%. The strong results followed a first quarter which CEO Jonathan Karp said "defied gravity." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The deal between Penguin and Simon & Schuster would weaken competition and lower author pay, he said Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2022-08-02 19:08:55 UTC ]
The federal government’s civil suit to block the acquisition of Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House is chugging along, with the trial set to begin on August 1. Exhibits to the joint pretrial motion, filed July 15, included lists of witnesses for both sides. Witnesses for both sides... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-20 16:13:34 UTC ]
The publisher of the Simon & Schuster imprint, Dana Canedy, is leaving to write her memoir's sequel, which S&S is to publish in 2024. The post At Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp Announces Dana Canedy’s Departure appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-19 21:52:50 UTC ]
On July 27, exactly two years to the date since she took over S&S's flagship imprint, Dana Canedy will step down from her position as senior v-p and publisher. Her predecessor, S&S president and CEO Jonathan Karp, will lead the imprint "for the foreseeable future." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
In response to growing book censorship, Simon & Schuster has launched a “Read banned books!” promotion that provides information on challenged titles, in-store displays, and social media materials. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
The imprint, which will publish nonfiction titles in the spirituality, relationships, and sexuality categories, is led by editorial director Elena Vega, who formerly worked as an editor for Macmillan and Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
The pending departure of Unnamed Press executive editor Olivia Taylor Smith for Simon & Schuster is just the latest development for the edgy Los Angeles independent press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
This summer, the courts will rule on Bertelsmann subsidiary PRH’s planned purchase of Simon & Schuster. But 24 years ago, the industry was agape over Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The times they are a-changin’: Bob Dylan’s first book in eighteen years is coming out this November via Simon & Schuster. It will be Dylan’s first published book since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. According to Simon & Schuster, The Philosophy of Modern Song is a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-09 17:15:40 UTC ]
The Canadian arm of Simon & Schuster is to open its Scribner Canada imprint with works of Iain Reid and Deborah Thompson. The post Simon & Schuster Canada To Open a Canadian Scribner Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-23 01:48:53 UTC ]
As Penguin Random House and the Department of Justice continue to prepare for an August trial in which PRH hopes to block the government’s effort to kill its acquisition of Simon & Schuster, professionals throughout the industry are finding themselves pulled into the legal fray. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen Rubin, a consulting publisher at Simon & Schuster US, has written a behind the scenes memoir, Words and Music: Confessions of an Optimist, to be published by Applause Books in the US in January 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-24 03:29:19 UTC ]
Deadline has reported that Jessica Chastain, through her cutely named production company Freckle Films, has beaten out several others to the TV rights to Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers. The School for Good Mothers, published this week by Simon & Schuster, is Chan’s debut novel;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-01-05 16:49:39 UTC ]
Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster are putting up a fight against federal efforts to scuttle their merger, alleging the government is wrong. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-12-13 21:40:35 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster said it was working with the author on how to revise her 1999 book "Lucky" after Anthony Broadwater was cleared of the assault it describes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2021-12-01 22:20:50 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has scooped two more "brilliant" YA novels from Adam Silvera, including a new book set in the same universe as his viral TikTok phenomenon They Both Die at The End (S&S). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 18:53:33 UTC ]
Bethan Jones has been promoted to senior commissioning editor in adult fiction at Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 19:53:41 UTC ]
The Authors Guild likes what it sees in the federal antitrust suit aiming to block the $2 billion merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-05 22:15:11 UTC ]
Despite working in something of a state of limbo caused by its pending purchase by Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster had a solid first half of 2021, and the good results carried into the third quarter, with sales rising 15% and profits jumping 66%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-04 04:00:00 UTC ]