Simon & Schuster Partners to Create Shakespeare Apps

May 23, 2013 | DBW | 1

Related: Sourcebooks Wants to Reinvent How We Read Shakespeare With the Shakespearience [Press Release] Simon & Schuster and Folger Shakespeare Library team with Luminary Digital Media to create Interactive Shakespeare Apps Simon & Schuster and Folger Shakespeare Library announced today …

Simon & Schuster Creates New Global Ebook Strategy Position

May 20, 2013 | DBW | 0

Recognizing the global growth of ebooks as well as the significant U.S. ebook market, Simon & Schuster has created a new senior-level position dedicated to developing the publisher’s worldwide ebook business. Doug Stambaugh will fill the role as vice president …

Simon & Schuster Joins Other Big Six Publishers With Library Ebook Pilot

April 15, 2013 | Jeremy Greenfield | 1

In a pilot announced today, The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Public Library will have available to them for purchase Simon & Schuster’s entire catalog of ebooks. If the pilot, powered by 3M, is successful, it will be rolled out nationwide.

Atria Publisher Judith Curr: Publishers Need to Experiment With Digital Content

January 9, 2013 | Jeremy Greenfield | 1

We sat down with Atria publisher Judith Curr to talk about acquiring the work of self-published authors, the new role of the editor, and why it’s important to take risks and try new things in digital book publishing — for both publishers and their employees.

Simon & Schuster Has a New Deal With Amazon, Other Retailers

December 9, 2012 | Jeremy Greenfield | 0

Simon & Schuster may have finally signed a new ebook retail agreement with Amazon and other retailers according to an analysis by Digital Book World. If the analysis proves true, Simon & Schuster will be the third out of three major publishers that settled an ebook price-fixing case with the Department of Justice to fulfill its legal obligation to sign new contracts with ebook retailers.

If Murdoch Can’t Have Penguin, How About S&S?

November 20, 2012 | Richard Curtis | 0

Wall Street Journal reports that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, owner of HarperCollins, is exploring acquisition with Simon & Schuster. Reporters Christopher S. Stewart and John Jannarone describe the talks as “preliminary” and issued the usual cautions about shouting Fire when …

Simon & Schuster CEO Reidy on Taking Publishing Risks (Video)

June 28, 2012 | Rich Fahle | 1

As business cycles in the publishing industry accelerate and more new books are being brought to market faster, does that mean that publishers can’t afford to take risks anymore? According to Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, they can and they still do.

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