Simon and Schuster Inc.
September 30, 2014
Simon & Schuster has cut a deal with Danish e-book subscription service Mofibo for its backlist titles.
The partnership involves S&S backlist titles from its authors in the US, UK, Australia and India, including works from Dan Brown, Cassandra Clare, Ernest Hemingway and Stephen King.
The move means readers in Denmark and Sweden will now have access to those titles via Mofibo.
September 30, 2014
BookShout!, the market leader in special and bulk ebook sales to corporations and organizations, announced that they have distributed 9.4M ebook codes in the past 12 months, and expects to double that number by early 2015. With more than 3,000 bulk ebook orders placed by major corporations and universities, BookShout! has experienced accelerated growth as more and more organizations request mass quantities of ebook for events, corporate rewards, and client retention.
August 6, 2014
"Behind The Book from Simon & Schuster," a new series of videos featuring Simon & Schuster editors and publishers sharing anecdotes, professional insight and behind-the-scenes background on new and upcoming titles is now live, it was announced today. The videos, which are available on Simon & Schuster's You Tube channel (https://www.youtube.com/simonandschuster), on its own site
July 25, 2014
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday expressed concern over a proposed $450 million settlement of claims Apple Inc conspired with five publishers to fix e-book prices, saying its provisions could drastically reduce money paid to consumers depending on appeals.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said she found "most troubling" a clause requiring Apple to pay only $70 million if an appeals court reversed her finding that the company is liable for antitrust violations and sent it back to her for further proceedings.
July 17, 2014
Amazon is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called "Kindle Unlimited" that offers "unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month." Most of the test pages were pulled down Wednesday after some users on the Kindle Boards noticed them, but they are still available through Google Cache and some are still live on Amazon's site.
Amazon's service, which has been rumored for a couple of months, would compete with existing ebook subscription services Scribd and Oyster.
July 16, 2014
Hachette isn't the only book publisher facing down Amazon.com AMZN +0.44%.
The country's largest bookseller is also in talks with Simon & Schuster, said Leslie Moonves, CEO of the publisher's parent CBS Corp.CBS +2.13% at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo. Moonves added that he'd personally met with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a recent conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
"Amazon has a definite point of view about what should be done in the publishing business," said Moonves. "It's going to be a very interesting thing to watch."
June 26, 2014
On the first day of its 2014 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, the American Library Association (ALA) welcomes news from Simon & Schuster that it will convert its pilot library ebook lending program to serve all U.S. libraries. ALA President Barbara Stripling released the following statement:
June 24, 2014
Apple is giving away a free e-book a day this week to highlight emerging talent and "exciting new literary voices".
The promotion has kicked off today (23rd June) with Dawn O'Porter's debut YA novel Paper Aeroplanes (Hot Key Books) - a "touching" portrayal of young girls trying to come to terms with grief - and The Bookseller understands tomorrow's promotion (24th June) will be Broken Dolls, a debut by James Carol (Faber) featuring Jefferson Winter, an ex-FBI psychological profiler assigned to help the Met out with their cold cases.
June 10, 2014
As major publishing houses adapt to the current climate of digital, self, and hybrid publishing, many of the smarter ones are looking for new ways to remain relevant with their authors, especially their established ones. Think of it this way: in this current publishing state, a well-known and bestselling author with a built in and highly engaged fan base can quite easily look around and think to herself, "Why do I need you?" Simon&Schuster answered that question today with an announcement about a new tool set for their authors, one that gives them support
June 9, 2014
The Competition Bureau says it has struck a deal with four publishers that should lower the price of e-books for Canadian consumers.
The federal agency has struck a deal with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster that will "allow retailers to discount e-books published by four of Canada's largest e-book publishers," it said in an email in response to queries by CBC News.
The publishers will also eliminate what is known as "most-favoured-nation" clauses in their agreements, which links the price, cost or commission of e-books sold at one retailer
