S&S partners with New York’s Algonquin Hotel
In the US, Simon & Schuster has formed a new partnership with New York’s Algonquin Hotel, which will offer guests the opportunity to stay in the hotel’s Simon & Schuster Suite, reports...
Ward appointed head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Australia has announced that Kirsty Ward has been appointed to the newly created position of head of consumer and market insights. Ward, who has already started in the...
Ward appointed head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster
Kirsty Ward has been appointed to the newly created position of head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster Australia. Ward’s new role is an expansion of her previous...
S&S UK partners with Box of Awesome to deliver books to children
In the UK, Simon & Schuster has entered into a new partnership with Box of Awesome, a company that sends out free boxes of books, music and films to children across...
International Library News
Simon & Schuster makes ebooks available to libraries for the first time Simon & Schuster is making its ebooks available to libraries for the first time in a one-year trial...
S&S gives authors piracy data on their works
In the US, Simon & Schuster (S&S) is giving authors information about the piracy of their own works, reports Publishers Weekly. S&S receives information about infringement and unauthorised copies of digital,...
Net sales up 15% at S&S Australia in 2012; ebooks grow to 18% of sales
Simon & Schuster Australia’s net sales were up by 15% in 2012 compared to the year before, reports managing director Lou Johnson. Johnson told Books+Publishing that sales of print books...
Simon & Schuster launches online women’s fiction community
Simon & Schuster Australia has launched a new online community for readers of commercial women’s fiction, called The Sweet Escape. The website, which officially launched on 14 February to coincide...
US judge approves ebook settlement payments to consumers
US judge Denise Cote has approved a settlement that will involve Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster paying close to US$70 million (A$67 million) as part of a case regarding ebook...
International Library News
UK Labour Party calls for national body for libraries In the UK, the Labour Party has released a policy report on the public library service that recommends the establishment of...
New ebook pricing terms for S&S in the US
Following the news earlier this month that ebook vendors are now adopting new ebook pricing terms from Hachette in the US, Publishers Weekly reports that Simon & Schuster has also...
Johnson joins BICC
Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Lou Johnson has joined the Federal Government’s Book Industry Collaboration Council (BICC). Johnson replaces Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne on the council and as...
New S&S/Author Solutions self-publishing business open to Australian authors
Simon & Schuster has announced that it will work with Author Solutions, the self-publishing business acquired by Penguin in July, to operate a separate publishing business called Archway Publishing. Managing...
News Corp reportedly interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster
HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has indicated to CBS that it is interested in acquiring the Simon & Schuster business, reports the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reports that people...
International Library News
Simon & Schuster ‘in discussions’ with libraries about ebook lending In the US, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy has said that the company has ‘been in discussions with libraries’...
Staff changes at S&S
Simon & Schuster has announced several staff changes. Kate Cubitt has been promoted to sales director; national account manager Sharon Bryant has been promoted with new responsibilities; and Cassy Nacard joins the company...
Staff changes at S&S
Simon & Schuster has announced several staff changes. Kate Cubitt has been promoted to sales director with ‘overall responsibility for ANZ sales strategy and strategic management of all product’ including...
Your store: A royal display
To celebrate the launch of Philippa Gregory’s latest novel The Kingmaker’s Daughter in August, Simon & Schuster partnered with Dymocks George Street to create a window display with a difference....
EU Competition Commission reaches agreement with Apple, publishers in agency pricing investigation
The European Union Competition Commission has reached agreements with Apple and four publishers that will involve the parties modifying or terminating their agency pricing agreements. However, the Bookseller reports that it...
Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster to pay in preliminary ruling in US court case
In the US, a settlement has been granted preliminary approval that will involve Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster paying a combined amount of almost $70 million as part of...