Simon & Schuster has promoted Gill Richardson to the role of sales director, as Elv Moody steps down from the position of editorial director of children's fiction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Chicken has been appointed as Transworld’s sales director following Sarah Roscoe’s move to sales director for Penguin Random House Children’s. Chicken originally joined Penguin on the graduate business management scheme in 2002, going on to manage field and key account sales teams, as well... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has created a director of global digital and online sales role based in the US to apply a global approach to sales and marketing across its businesses worldwide. Colin Shields, who headed up the publishers’ digital sales, has been promoted to the newly created position of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has written a book, to be published by Simon & Schuster. Senior commissioning editor Kerri Sharp bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Lee Rigby: A Mother’s Story by Lyn Rigby from Robert Smith of Robert Smith Literary Agency. Lee Rigby was killed in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster in the US has launched a new literary fiction imprint called Scout Press. The list will launch with literary agent Bill Clegg’s debut novel Did You Ever Have a Family, set for release on 15th September this year. Scout Press will be part of the Gallery Books Group, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has launched a new literary fiction imprint called Scout Press, debuting it with the first novel by literary agent Bill Clegg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karyn Marcus is returning to Simon & Schuster as a senior editor, starting February 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After signing a book deal with Faber in December, YouTube blogger Louise Pentland, also known as Sprinkle of Glitter, has signed a second deal with Simon & Schuster UK. Abigail Bergstrom, commissioning editor of non-fiction at S&S, bought world rights to a “glitzy and personal”... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors including 'The End of Illness' David B. Agus will be offering video classes through Simon & Schuster. Topics include health, self-help, and finance. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has made two appointments to its editorial team in Canada, while confirming the departure of two other staff members. Nita Pronovost will now be joining the Canada operation as editorial director from her position as senior editor at Doubleday where she built “an impressive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has launched a new series of online courses starring S&S authors, who will "expand on and complement" their published work in video tutorials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 ebook titles, effective immediately. Following what the publisher said was a "successful" pilot scheme, it is expanding access to its full catalogue of ebooks to libraries nationwide in the UK. A similar... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has seen an "especially" productive year in business, with "encouraging" sales seen after joining US and UK subscription platforms. In an end-of-year letter to staff and authors, Carolyn Reidy, president and c.e.o of Simon & Schuster in the US, said the publisher had... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has announced a series of appointments in a restructure across its sales teams, with new roles for Martin Higgins, Helen Randles and Sarah Roscoe among them. Also among the changes is a new sales director for Benelux, Germany, France and Austria, following the decision of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingrid Selberg, m.d of Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Division, is to leave the publisher at the end of this month. S&S said Selberg had resigned from her position after 11 years at the company for personal reasons, and that a replacement was being sought. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suzanne Donahue, v-p and associate publisher at Simon & Schuster, will be leaving the company on December 22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a presentation to analysts on December 9, at the UBS Media Conference, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said Simon & Schuster’s new sales agreement with Amazon is better for both S&S, and authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olivia Morris will be assistant editor of Pan Macmillan’s new lifestyle imprint headed up by Carole Tonkinson. Morris comes to Pan Macmillan from Simon & Schuster, where she held the role of Editorial Assistant. She previously worked as assistant to literary agent at Diane Banks... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Stanley Tucci and literary agent Felicity Blunt have written a cookbook. The couple’s book features recipes from Tucci’s traditional Italian roots, as well as those of his British wife Blunt, who is an agent at Curtis Brown. Recipes include pasta alla bottarga, mushroom-stuffed trout,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has acquired a debut novel by G M Erades, in Rowan Cope's first acquisition for the publishers since she joined as editorial director for fiction. Cope signed British Commonwealth rights for To Moscow, in a pre-empt from Cathryn Summerhayes at WME. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster had a busy few days last week: the two companies announced their quarterly earnings, received words of encouragement from their corporate owners, and made changes in their Canadian operations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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