Simon & Schuster Inc. is getting on the self-publishing bandwagon. The book publishing division of CBS Corp. announced Tuesday that it has joined with veteran self-publishing firm Author Solutions, Inc., to form Archway Publishing, a service that will focus on writers who want to publish fiction, non-fiction, children's and business titles. The venture unites Simon & Schuster with a rival: Indianapolis-based Author Solutions was acquired by Penguin Group in July for $116 million. Publishers are under pressure to find new revenue streams. Digital sales are growing but do not make up for the declining print revenue and the high cost of maintaining publishing's brick-and-mortar infrastructure. Self-published books have the advantage of making money no matter how few copies are sold because authors pay for the privilege of print and digital publication. Though the new vanity publisher will be run by Author Solutions, Simon & Schuster will add plenty of bells and whistles to make Archway stand out in a crowded field that has long been dominated by Amazon. Along with providing guidance on book design and access to its marketing capabilities, the New York literary house will be keeping an eye on the titles to see if any might be suitable for its own list. That makes Archway attractive to potential authors, and could provide Simon & Schuster with a farm team. "[Simon & Schuster is] obviously following Penguin and Amazon's lead and trying to make successful... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Inc. is getting on the self-publishing bandwagon. The book publishing division of CBS Corp. announced Tuesday that it has joined with veteran self-publishing firm Author Solutions, Inc., to form Archway Publishing, a service that will focus on writers who want to publish... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manning joined S&S's flagship imprint in 2016 and was named VP and executive editor in 2022. He succeeds S&S CEO Jonathan Karp, who has held down the role since the 2022 departure of Dana Canedy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S has acquired VBK, the largest Dutch book publishing house, and its subsidiaries and sister companies. The move marks the first major instance of a promised international expansion at S&S since its acquisition by private equity firm KKR last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language modelsStaff at technology company Meta discussed buying publishing house Simon & Schuster last year in order to procure books to train the company’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-04-09 15:36:14 UTC ]
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The publisher’s new board of directors has expertise spanning the life cycle of a book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-12-07 14:45:23 UTC ]
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Richard Snyder, a visionary and imperious executive at Simon & Schuster who presided over the publisher’s exponential rise during the second half of the 20th century and helped define an era of growing corporate power, has died Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-06-08 01:26:39 UTC ]
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The deal to acquire Simon & Schuster would have made the buyer, Penguin Random House, even larger, and reduced the number of big publishers in the U.S. to four. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-11-21 22:50:04 UTC ]
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Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ payPenguin Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2bn deal to merge, Penguin’s owner said in a statement on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-21 22:41:38 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster severed ties with senator after Capitol attackPublisher distributes titles by conservative imprint RegneryThe rightwing Missouri senator Josh Hawley has found a publisher for a book dropped by Simon & Schuster over his role in attempting to overturn the US election on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-18 16:02:10 UTC ]
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ViacomCBS has announced plans to sell Simon & Schuster to publishing giant Penguin Random House LLC for a whopping $2.18 billion next year. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-11-25 21:02:17 UTC ]
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German media giant Bertelsmann says that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-11-25 20:24:15 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster on Monday named Dana Canedy senior vice president and publisher of its namesake imprint, putting a former Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-07-07 17:06:52 UTC ]
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Ms. Canedy, a former journalist at The New York Times and the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, will run the namesake imprint at one of the country’s largest book publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-07-06 14:06:33 UTC ]
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Holly Harris is to join Simon & Schuster UK as publishing director in the non-fiction adult publishing division. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 07:50:08 UTC ]
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ViacomCBS, fresh off a recent merger, is looking to sell its Simon & Schuster book publishing business Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-03-04 18:09:45 UTC ]
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ViacomCBS puts Simon & Schuster up for sale. The publishing house is not a core asset, and the newly merged ViacomCBS is looking to shed properties. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-04 17:33:53 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has landed a history of wartime Vogue by historian Julie Summers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-06 20:23:08 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is the trade publishing division of the CBS Corporation, and publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints incluing Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria, Touchstone, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Howard Books, Threshold Editions, and Free Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster was founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The far rightwinger, dropped by the publisher following his comments on child abuse, vows to make lives of ‘professional victims a living hell’After his memoir Dangerous was very publicly dumped by his publisher, hard-right professional provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has announced he will instead... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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