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Simon & Schuster

May 05, 2023

Simon & Schuster (/ˈʃuːstər/ SHOO-stər) is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States,[4] publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints.[5][6]

Simon & Schuster Inc.
FoundedJanuary 2, 1924; 99 years ago (January 2, 1924)
Founders
HeadquartersSimon & Schuster Building,
Manhattan, New York City
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jonathan Karp (CEO)[1]
  • Dennis Eulau (CFO, Executive Vice President of Operations)
  • Ian Chapman (Chief Executive, UK)
  • Kevin Hanson (President, Canada)[2]
ProductsBooks
ServicesSee § Imprints
Revenue US$993 million (2021)[3]
OwnerNational Amusements
ParentParamount Global
Websitewww.simonandschuster.com

History

Early years

In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of New York World crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.[7] At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine.[8] They pooled US$8,000, equivalent to $126,000 today,[9] to start a company that published crossword puzzles.[10][7]

The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends. Simon called this "planned publishing".[8] Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript, they came up with their own ideas, and then hired writers to carry them out.[8]

In the 1930s, the publisher moved to what has been referred to as "Publisher's Row" on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York.[8]

Expansion

In 1939, Simon & Schuster financially backed Robert Fair de Graff to found Pocket Books, America's first paperback publisher.[11] In 1942, Simon & Schuster and Western Printing launched the Little Golden Books series in cooperation with the Artists and Writers Guild.[12][13]

In 1944, Marshall Field III, owner of the Chicago Sun, purchased Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books.[14] The company was sold back to Simon and Schuster following his death in 1957 [15] for $1 million.[16]

In the 1950s and 1960s, many publishers including Simon & Schuster turned toward educational publishing due to the baby boom market.[17] Pocket Books focused on paperbacks for the educational market instead of textbooks and started the Washington Square Press imprint in 1959.[17] By 1964 it had published over 200 titles and was expected to put out another 400 by the end of that year.[17] Books published under the imprint included classic reprints such as Lorna Doone, Ivanhoe, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Robinson Crusoe.[18] In 1967, Simon & Schuster acquired Monarch Press Publishing, Inc., along with its extensive line of college and high school study guides published.[19]

In 1960, Richard Simon died of a heart attack; six years later, Max Schuster retired and sold his half of Simon & Schuster to Leon Shimkin.[10][20] Shimkin then merged Simon & Schuster with Pocket Books under the name of Simon & Schuster.[10][20] In 1968, editor-in-chief Robert Gottlieb, who worked at Simon & Schuster since 1955 and edited several bestsellers including Joseph Heller's Catch-22,[21] left abruptly to work at competitor Knopf, taking other influential S&S employees, Nina Bourne, and Tony Schulte.[22][10]

Simon & Schuster was acquired by Gulf+Western in an 8-for-1 stock swap on January 28, 1975.[23] Four years later in 1979, Richard Snyder was named CEO of the company. Over the next several years he would help grow the company substantially.[24]

 
Simon & Schuster headquarters at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, Rockefeller Center, New York City

1980s

After the death of Gulf+Western head Charles Bluhdorn on February 19, 1983,[25] the company made the decision to diversify. Bluhdorn's successor Martin Davis told The New York Times, "Society was undergoing dramatic changes so that there was a greater need for textbooks, maps, and educational information. We saw the opportunity to diversify into those areas, which are more stable and more profitable than trade publishing."[26]

In 1984, Simon & Schuster with CEO Richard E. Snyder acquired educational publisher Esquire Corporation, owner of companies including Allyn & Bacon (and former owner of Esquire magazine), for $180 million.[26] Prentice Hall was brought into the company fold in 1985 for over $700 million and was viewed by some executives to be a catalyst for change for the company as a whole.[10][26] This acquisition was followed by Silver Burdett in 1986,[27] mapmaker Gousha in 1987 and Charles E. Simon in 1988.[27] Part of the acquisition included educational publisher Allyn & Bacon which, according to then editor and chief Michael Korda, became the "nucleus of S&S's educational and informational business."[10] Three California educational companies were also purchased between 1988 and 1990—Quercus, Fearon Education and Janus Book Publishers.[26] In all, Simon & Schuster spent more than $1 billion in acquisitions between 1983 and 1991.[27]

In the 1980s, Snyder also made an unsuccessful bid toward video publishing which was believed to have led to the company's success in the audiobook business. Snyder was dismayed to realize that Simon & Schuster did not own the video rights to Jane Fonda's Workout Book, a huge bestseller at the time and that the video company producing the VHS was making more money on the video. This prompted Snyder to ask editors to obtain video rights for every new book. Agents were often reluctant to give these up—which meant the S&S Video division never took off. Simon & Schuster lanuched its audiobook division in 1985.[28] According to Korda, audiobooks were a major business for Simon & Schuster by the 1990s .[10]

In 1989, Gulf and Western Inc., owner of Simon & Schuster, changed its name to Paramount Communications Inc.[29]

1990s

In 1990, The New York Times described Simon & Schuster as the largest book publisher in the United States with sales of $1.3 billion the previous year.[26] That same year, Simon & Schuster acquired the children's publisher Green Tiger Press.[30]

In 1993, Simon & Schuster bought Macmillan (including Scribner's, Free Press, and Jossey-Bass), and changed its name to Paramount. Viacom then bought Paramount in 1994 and changed the name back to Simon & Schuster.[31][32] Macmillan was acquired for US$552.8 million.[33] Later that year, Snyder was suddenly fired from S&S and was replaced by the company's president and chief operating officer Jonathan Newcomb.[24] Simon & Schuster then sold several peripheral assets, such as selling Charles E. Simon Co. to CDB Infotek.[34] Gousha was sold to Rand McNally in 1996.[35]

In 1994, S&S acquired the software operations of Markt+Technik.[36] Later that year, Simon & Schuster (through Paramount) launched a software publisher in partnership with Davidson & Associates named Simon & Schuster Interactive.[37] The studio published video games such as Outlaw Golf, Deer Avenger, I.M. Meen, Chill Manor, EVE Online, and games based on Richard Scarry's characters. S&S Interactive shut down in 2003.

In 1998, Viacom sold Simon & Schuster's educational operations (including Prentice Hall, Macmillan, and Jossey-Bass) to Pearson plc, the global publisher and then owner of Penguin and the Financial Times; Pearson then merged the operations with Addison-Wesley Longman to form Pearson Education. The professional and reference operations were sold to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.[38]

2000s

In 2002, Simon & Schuster acquired its Canadian distributor Distican.[39] Simon & Schuster began publishing in Canada in 2013.[40]

At the end of 2005, Viacom split into two companies: CBS Corporation (which inherited S&S and Paramount Parks), and the other retaining the Viacom name.[41] Also in 2005, Simon & Schuster acquired Strebor Books International, which was founded in 1999 by author Kristina Laferne Roberts, who has written under the pseudonym "Zane."[42][43] A year later, in 2006, Simon & Schuster launched the conservative imprint Threshold Editions.[44]

In 2009, Simon & Schuster signed a multi-book and co-publishing deal with Glenn Beck which fell over many of its imprints and included adult non-fiction, fiction, children, and YA literature as well as e-book and audiobook originals.[45] As part of CBS, Simon & Schuster has been the primary publisher for books related to various media franchises owned by and/or aired on CBS such as CSI.[46] The company has also held a license to publish books in the Star Trek franchise under Pocket Books.[47]

2010s

In 2011, Simon & Schuster signed a number of co-publishing deals. Glenn Beck signed a new co-publishing deal with Simon & Schuster for his own imprint, Mercury Ink.[48] Under Atria, Simon & Schuster also launched a publishing venture with Cash Money Records called Cash Money Content.[49]

On April 11, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed United States v. Apple Inc., naming Apple, Simon & Schuster, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books, and weaken Amazon.com's position in the market, in violation of antitrust law.[50]

Simon & Schuster reorganized all of their imprints under four main groups in 2012.[51] The four groups included the Atria Publishing Group, the Scribner Publishing Group, the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group and the Gallery Publishing Group.[51] According to CEO Carolyn Reidy, the divisions were created to align imprints that complement one another and that the structure would "lead to a sharper editorial focus for our imprints even as it takes consideration of the natural affinities among them."[51] In 2012, Simon & Schuster launched a self-publishing arm of the company, Archway Publishing.[52]

On November 14, 2013, Simon & Schuster signed a co-publishing agreement with former New York Yankees shortstop, Derek Jeter, to launch Jeter Publishing.[53] In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which Simon & Schuster and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing.[54]

In 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a partnership deal with Amazon over ebooks and also launched a new speculative fiction imprint. On October 21, 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a multi-year partnership deal with Amazon.com in negotiations concerning the price of e-books.[55] Simon & Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities.[56] The name of the imprint was inspired by Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn).[56] Bradbury's classic is also published by Simon & Schuster.[56]

Simon & Schuster expanded beyond book publishing in 2015 by offering a new business model and additional services for authors. In 2015, Simon & Schuster announced the creation of a new publishing unit and imprint called North Star Way.[57] The imprint would publish non-fiction titles such as self-improvement, inspirational and mind-body-spirit titles. In addition, the group would also serve as a platform and set of services for authors that go beyond what a traditional book publisher offers to find their audience.[57] The services include helping authors expand their reach through online courses, seminars, workshops, mobile applications, video and audiobooks, sponsorships and business partnerships, and podcasts. North Star Way sits within the Gallery Publishing Group division.[57] According to Michele Martin, publisher and founder, the name North Star reflects their mission, "to publish books that will help readers find the path to a better life, and to be a guide for our authors, not only through publication of their books but also in the many other activities that can help their message find the widest possible audience."[58] In an interview with Kirkus Reviews, Michele Martin expanded that North Star Way, "aims to meet consumers where they are, in whatever form of media they consume. We expand the ideas in the books into a variety of platforms."[59] The name prompted Marvel Comics to attempt to register the name of their superhero Northstar in February 2015. The application was denied as Simon & Schuster had already made a trademark application for North Star Way in January.[60]

Simon & Schuster launched SimonSays.com a portal for online video courses in 2016, along with Scout Press, a new literary fiction imprint under Gallery Books Group. They also launched North Star Way, a platform-based program to provide authors with services beyond publishing including brand management, online courses, sponsorship, and business partnerships.[61] Also as of 2016, Simon & Schuster had more than 18k e-books available for sale and signed a deal to distribute Start Publishing LLC, a catalog of 7,000 e-book titles.[61]

In 2019, CBS and Viacom reunited to form ViacomCBS. As a result, Simon & Schuster became part of the newly formed ViacomCBS.[62] Since February 15, 2022, ViacomCBS is known as Paramount Global.

2020s

In March 2020, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish announced the company's intention to sell the Simon & Schuster division, as it "does not have significant connection for our broader business."[63] Bakish expected a sale to close in 2020, although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed that process.[64][65]

In September 2020, German media group Bertelsmann (which owns Penguin Random House) announced that it was interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster. According to Bertelsmann chief executive and chairman Thomas Rabe, "We've been the most active player on the consolidation of the book publishing market in the last 10 years. We combined Penguin and Random House very successfully to create by far the largest book publisher in the world, actually the only global book publisher. Given this position we would, of course, be interested in Simon & Schuster."[66]

Vivendi (which owns French publisher Editis) and News Corp (which owns HarperCollins) were also named as contenders in acquiring Simon & Schuster. ViacomCBS expected the bids to be placed before Thanksgiving 2020 (November 26).[67]

On November 25, 2020, ViacomCBS announced it would sell Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House for $2.175 billion. The deal had been expected to close in 2022. The deal, however, was blocked by US federal judge Florence Y. Pan on October 31, 2022.[68][69][70][71] An appealing to the court ruling was announced a day later by Bertelsmann,[72] but it was ultimately canceled on November 21.[73]

In 2021, Simon & Schuster made book deals with former Trump administration officials, such as Vice President Mike Pence and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. This prompted protests among Simon & Schuster staff.[74][75][76] On November 2, 2021, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster. The lawsuit argues that the acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments.[77] A federal judge sided with the plaintiff, leading Paramount to nullify the deal in November 2022.[78]

In 2022, Simon & Schuster employee Filippo Bernardini was arrested for the 2016–2021 literary phishing thefts. The company released a statement saying they were "shocked and horrified to learn today of the allegations of fraud and identity theft by an employee."[79]

People

Editors and publishers

Authors

Simon & Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors. This list represents some of the more notable authors (those who are culturally significant or have had several bestsellers, meaning they have sold at least 3,000 books).

 
"The Sower", Simon & Schuster logo, c. 1961

According to one source, The Sower, the logo of Simon & Schuster, was inspired by the 1850 Jean-François Millet painting of the same name.[80] According to Michael Korda, the colophon is a small reproduction of The Sower by Sir John Everett Millais.[81]

Imprints

Adult publishing

Children's publishing

  • Aladdin, publisher of picture and chapter books for middle-grade readers
  • Atheneum, publisher of literary middle grade, teen and picture books
  • Beach Lane Books,[5] publisher of picture books, founded in 2008 and located in San Diego[90]
  • Little Simon,[5] publisher of children's books
  • Margaret K. McElderry Books,[5] boutique imprint publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction for children and teens
  • MTV Books, pop culture imprint relaunched in 2021[91]
  • Paula Wiseman Books,[5] publisher of picture books, novelty books and novels for children
  • Salaam Reads, imprint for Muslim children's literature by Simon & Schuster's Children's Division[92]
  • Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,[5] flagship imprint of Simon & Schuster's Children's Division
  • Simon Pulse, publisher of teen books, launched in 1999 as Pocket Pulse and renamed in 2001[93][94]
  • Simon Spotlight,[5] publisher focused on licensed properties for children

Audio

Former imprints

  • Archway (children's imprint of Pocket Books, merged into Aladdin Paperbacks)[94]
  • Bookthrift (Inexpensive reprints, discontinued)
  • Earthlight (UK science fiction imprint, discontinued)
  • Downtown Press (women's fiction, discontinued)
  • Fireside Books
  • Free Press[5]
  • Green Tiger Press
  • Half Moon Books
  • Inner Sanctum Mysteries
  • Linden Press
  • Long Shadow Books
  • Minstrel Books (children's imprint of Pocket Books, merged into Aladdin Paperbacks[94])
  • Poseidon Press (operated 1982–1993)
  • Richard Gallen Books
  • Simon & Schuster Interactive (1995–2003)
  • Sonnet Books
  • Summit Books, run by James H. Silberman (operated 1976–1991)[95]
  • Tiller Press (specializes in "practical nonfiction": diet, wellness, home design.)
  • Touchstone [96]
  • Wallaby Books

See also

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Further reading

  • Korda, Michael (1999). Another Life: A Memoir of Other People. United States: Random House. ISBN 0-679-45659-7.
  • "Simon & Schuster Inc." International Directory of Company Histories. 4:671–672.
  • "Simon & Schuster Inc." International Directory of Company Histories. 19:403–405.

External links

  • Official website

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simon, schuster, shoo, stər, american, publishing, company, subsidiary, paramount, global, founded, york, city, january, 1924, richard, simon, lincoln, schuster, 2016, third, largest, publisher, united, states, publishing, titles, annually, under, different, i. Simon amp Schuster ˈ ʃ uː s t er SHOO ster is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global It was founded in New York City on January 2 1924 by Richard L Simon and M Lincoln Schuster As of 2016 Simon amp Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States 4 publishing 2 000 titles annually under 35 different imprints 5 6 Simon amp Schuster Inc FoundedJanuary 2 1924 99 years ago January 2 1924 FoundersRichard SimonMax SchusterHeadquartersSimon amp Schuster Building Manhattan New York City U S Area servedWorldwideKey peopleJonathan Karp CEO 1 Dennis Eulau CFO Executive Vice President of Operations Ian Chapman Chief Executive UK Kevin Hanson President Canada 2 ProductsBooksServicesSee ImprintsRevenueUS 993 million 2021 3 OwnerNational AmusementsParentParamount GlobalWebsitewww wbr simonandschuster wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Expansion 1 3 1980s 1 4 1990s 1 5 2000s 1 6 2010s 1 7 2020s 2 People 2 1 Editors and publishers 2 2 Authors 3 Logo 4 Imprints 4 1 Adult publishing 4 2 Children s publishing 4 3 Audio 4 4 Former imprints 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory EditEarly years Edit In 1924 Richard Simon s aunt a crossword puzzle enthusiast asked whether there was a book of New York World crossword puzzles which were very popular at the time After discovering that none had been published Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity 7 At the time Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine 8 They pooled US 8 000 equivalent to 126 000 today 9 to start a company that published crossword puzzles 10 7 The new publishing house used fad publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends Simon called this planned publishing 8 Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript they came up with their own ideas and then hired writers to carry them out 8 In the 1930s the publisher moved to what has been referred to as Publisher s Row on Park Avenue in Manhattan New York 8 Expansion Edit In 1939 Simon amp Schuster financially backed Robert Fair de Graff to found Pocket Books America s first paperback publisher 11 In 1942 Simon amp Schuster and Western Printing launched the Little Golden Books series in cooperation with the Artists and Writers Guild 12 13 In 1944 Marshall Field III owner of the Chicago Sun purchased Simon amp Schuster and Pocket Books 14 The company was sold back to Simon and Schuster following his death in 1957 15 for 1 million 16 In the 1950s and 1960s many publishers including Simon amp Schuster turned toward educational publishing due to the baby boom market 17 Pocket Books focused on paperbacks for the educational market instead of textbooks and started the Washington Square Press imprint in 1959 17 By 1964 it had published over 200 titles and was expected to put out another 400 by the end of that year 17 Books published under the imprint included classic reprints such as Lorna Doone Ivanhoe Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn and Robinson Crusoe 18 In 1967 Simon amp Schuster acquired Monarch Press Publishing Inc along with its extensive line of college and high school study guides published 19 In 1960 Richard Simon died of a heart attack six years later Max Schuster retired and sold his half of Simon amp Schuster to Leon Shimkin 10 20 Shimkin then merged Simon amp Schuster with Pocket Books under the name of Simon amp Schuster 10 20 In 1968 editor in chief Robert Gottlieb who worked at Simon amp Schuster since 1955 and edited several bestsellers including Joseph Heller s Catch 22 21 left abruptly to work at competitor Knopf taking other influential S amp S employees Nina Bourne and Tony Schulte 22 10 Simon amp Schuster was acquired by Gulf Western in an 8 for 1 stock swap on January 28 1975 23 Four years later in 1979 Richard Snyder was named CEO of the company Over the next several years he would help grow the company substantially 24 Simon amp Schuster headquarters at 1230 Avenue of the Americas Rockefeller Center New York City 1980s Edit After the death of Gulf Western head Charles Bluhdorn on February 19 1983 25 the company made the decision to diversify Bluhdorn s successor Martin Davis told The New York Times Society was undergoing dramatic changes so that there was a greater need for textbooks maps and educational information We saw the opportunity to diversify into those areas which are more stable and more profitable than trade publishing 26 In 1984 Simon amp Schuster with CEO Richard E Snyder acquired educational publisher Esquire Corporation owner of companies including Allyn amp Bacon and former owner of Esquire magazine for 180 million 26 Prentice Hall was brought into the company fold in 1985 for over 700 million and was viewed by some executives to be a catalyst for change for the company as a whole 10 26 This acquisition was followed by Silver Burdett in 1986 27 mapmaker Gousha in 1987 and Charles E Simon in 1988 27 Part of the acquisition included educational publisher Allyn amp Bacon which according to then editor and chief Michael Korda became the nucleus of S amp S s educational and informational business 10 Three California educational companies were also purchased between 1988 and 1990 Quercus Fearon Education and Janus Book Publishers 26 In all Simon amp Schuster spent more than 1 billion in acquisitions between 1983 and 1991 27 In the 1980s Snyder also made an unsuccessful bid toward video publishing which was believed to have led to the company s success in the audiobook business Snyder was dismayed to realize that Simon amp Schuster did not own the video rights to Jane Fonda s Workout Book a huge bestseller at the time and that the video company producing the VHS was making more money on the video This prompted Snyder to ask editors to obtain video rights for every new book Agents were often reluctant to give these up which meant the S amp S Video division never took off Simon amp Schuster lanuched its audiobook division in 1985 28 According to Korda audiobooks were a major business for Simon amp Schuster by the 1990s 10 In 1989 Gulf and Western Inc owner of Simon amp Schuster changed its name to Paramount Communications Inc 29 1990s Edit In 1990 The New York Times described Simon amp Schuster as the largest book publisher in the United States with sales of 1 3 billion the previous year 26 That same year Simon amp Schuster acquired the children s publisher Green Tiger Press 30 In 1993 Simon amp Schuster bought Macmillan including Scribner s Free Press and Jossey Bass and changed its name to Paramount Viacom then bought Paramount in 1994 and changed the name back to Simon amp Schuster 31 32 Macmillan was acquired for US 552 8 million 33 Later that year Snyder was suddenly fired from S amp S and was replaced by the company s president and chief operating officer Jonathan Newcomb 24 Simon amp Schuster then sold several peripheral assets such as selling Charles E Simon Co to CDB Infotek 34 Gousha was sold to Rand McNally in 1996 35 In 1994 S amp S acquired the software operations of Markt Technik 36 Later that year Simon amp Schuster through Paramount launched a software publisher in partnership with Davidson amp Associates named Simon amp Schuster Interactive 37 The studio published video games such as Outlaw Golf Deer Avenger I M Meen Chill Manor EVE Online and games based on Richard Scarry s characters S amp S Interactive shut down in 2003 In 1998 Viacom sold Simon amp Schuster s educational operations including Prentice Hall Macmillan and Jossey Bass to Pearson plc the global publisher and then owner of Penguin and the Financial Times Pearson then merged the operations with Addison Wesley Longman to form Pearson Education The professional and reference operations were sold to Hicks Muse Tate amp Furst 38 2000s Edit In 2002 Simon amp Schuster acquired its Canadian distributor Distican 39 Simon amp Schuster began publishing in Canada in 2013 40 At the end of 2005 Viacom split into two companies CBS Corporation which inherited S amp S and Paramount Parks and the other retaining the Viacom name 41 Also in 2005 Simon amp Schuster acquired Strebor Books International which was founded in 1999 by author Kristina Laferne Roberts who has written under the pseudonym Zane 42 43 A year later in 2006 Simon amp Schuster launched the conservative imprint Threshold Editions 44 In 2009 Simon amp Schuster signed a multi book and co publishing deal with Glenn Beck which fell over many of its imprints and included adult non fiction fiction children and YA literature as well as e book and audiobook originals 45 As part of CBS Simon amp Schuster has been the primary publisher for books related to various media franchises owned by and or aired on CBS such as CSI 46 The company has also held a license to publish books in the Star Trek franchise under Pocket Books 47 2010s Edit In 2011 Simon amp Schuster signed a number of co publishing deals Glenn Beck signed a new co publishing deal with Simon amp Schuster for his own imprint Mercury Ink 48 Under Atria Simon amp Schuster also launched a publishing venture with Cash Money Records called Cash Money Content 49 On April 11 2012 the United States Department of Justice filed United States v Apple Inc naming Apple Simon amp Schuster and four other major publishers as defendants The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e books and weaken Amazon com s position in the market in violation of antitrust law 50 Simon amp Schuster reorganized all of their imprints under four main groups in 2012 51 The four groups included the Atria Publishing Group the Scribner Publishing Group the Simon amp Schuster Publishing Group and the Gallery Publishing Group 51 According to CEO Carolyn Reidy the divisions were created to align imprints that complement one another and that the structure would lead to a sharper editorial focus for our imprints even as it takes consideration of the natural affinities among them 51 In 2012 Simon amp Schuster launched a self publishing arm of the company Archway Publishing 52 On November 14 2013 Simon amp Schuster signed a co publishing agreement with former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter to launch Jeter Publishing 53 In December 2013 a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims in which Simon amp Schuster and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price fixing 54 In 2014 Simon amp Schuster signed a partnership deal with Amazon over ebooks and also launched a new speculative fiction imprint On October 21 2014 Simon amp Schuster signed a multi year partnership deal with Amazon com in negotiations concerning the price of e books 55 Simon amp Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities 56 The name of the imprint was inspired by Ray Bradbury s book Fahrenheit 451 the temperature at which books burn 56 Bradbury s classic is also published by Simon amp Schuster 56 Simon amp Schuster expanded beyond book publishing in 2015 by offering a new business model and additional services for authors In 2015 Simon amp Schuster announced the creation of a new publishing unit and imprint called North Star Way 57 The imprint would publish non fiction titles such as self improvement inspirational and mind body spirit titles In addition the group would also serve as a platform and set of services for authors that go beyond what a traditional book publisher offers to find their audience 57 The services include helping authors expand their reach through online courses seminars workshops mobile applications video and audiobooks sponsorships and business partnerships and podcasts North Star Way sits within the Gallery Publishing Group division 57 According to Michele Martin publisher and founder the name North Star reflects their mission to publish books that will help readers find the path to a better life and to be a guide for our authors not only through publication of their books but also in the many other activities that can help their message find the widest possible audience 58 In an interview with Kirkus Reviews Michele Martin expanded that North Star Way aims to meet consumers where they are in whatever form of media they consume We expand the ideas in the books into a variety of platforms 59 The name prompted Marvel Comics to attempt to register the name of their superhero Northstar in February 2015 The application was denied as Simon amp Schuster had already made a trademark application for North Star Way in January 60 Simon amp Schuster launched SimonSays com a portal for online video courses in 2016 along with Scout Press a new literary fiction imprint under Gallery Books Group They also launched North Star Way a platform based program to provide authors with services beyond publishing including brand management online courses sponsorship and business partnerships 61 Also as of 2016 Simon amp Schuster had more than 18k e books available for sale and signed a deal to distribute Start Publishing LLC a catalog of 7 000 e book titles 61 In 2019 CBS and Viacom reunited to form ViacomCBS As a result Simon amp Schuster became part of the newly formed ViacomCBS 62 Since February 15 2022 ViacomCBS is known as Paramount Global 2020s Edit In March 2020 ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish announced the company s intention to sell the Simon amp Schuster division as it does not have significant connection for our broader business 63 Bakish expected a sale to close in 2020 although the COVID 19 pandemic delayed that process 64 65 In September 2020 German media group Bertelsmann which owns Penguin Random House announced that it was interested in acquiring Simon amp Schuster According to Bertelsmann chief executive and chairman Thomas Rabe We ve been the most active player on the consolidation of the book publishing market in the last 10 years We combined Penguin and Random House very successfully to create by far the largest book publisher in the world actually the only global book publisher Given this position we would of course be interested in Simon amp Schuster 66 Vivendi which owns French publisher Editis and News Corp which owns HarperCollins were also named as contenders in acquiring Simon amp Schuster ViacomCBS expected the bids to be placed before Thanksgiving 2020 November 26 67 On November 25 2020 ViacomCBS announced it would sell Simon amp Schuster to Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House for 2 175 billion The deal had been expected to close in 2022 The deal however was blocked by US federal judge Florence Y Pan on October 31 2022 68 69 70 71 An appealing to the court ruling was announced a day later by Bertelsmann 72 but it was ultimately canceled on November 21 73 In 2021 Simon amp Schuster made book deals with former Trump administration officials such as Vice President Mike Pence and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway This prompted protests among Simon amp Schuster staff 74 75 76 On November 2 2021 the United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House s proposed acquisition of Simon amp Schuster The lawsuit argues that the acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments 77 A federal judge sided with the plaintiff leading Paramount to nullify the deal in November 2022 78 In 2022 Simon amp Schuster employee Filippo Bernardini was arrested for the 2016 2021 literary phishing thefts The company released a statement saying they were shocked and horrified to learn today of the allegations of fraud and identity theft by an employee 79 People EditEditors and publishers Edit Clifton Fadiman Jr editor in chief 10 Jack Goodman editor in chief 10 Jerome Weidman editor in chief 10 Joe Barnes editor in chief 10 Justin Kaplan 10 Max Schuster editor in chief 10 Michael Korda editor in chief 10 Quincy Howe editor in chief Robert Gottlieb 10 Peter Schwed 10 Wallace Brockway editor in chief 10 William Cole Maxwell PerkinsAuthors Edit Simon amp Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors This list represents some of the more notable authors those who are culturally significant or have had several bestsellers meaning they have sold at least 3 000 books Andrew Solomon Annie Proulx Audrey Niffenegger Bob Woodward Carrie Fisher Chapo Trap House Cornelius Ryan Dan Brown David McCullough Dick Cheney Donald Trump Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Lessing Ernest Hemingway F Scott Fitzgerald Frank McCourt Glenn Beck Kayleigh McEnany Ludwig Bemelmans Harold Robbins Hendrik Willem van Loon Hillary Clinton Howard Stern Hunter S Thompson Jack Paar Jackie Collins James Riley Janet Evanovich Jimmy Carter Jodi Picoult John Bolton John Irving Joseph Heller Jennette McCurdy Judith Rossner Kay Thompson Larry McMurtry Lana Del Rey Maddox Mark R Levin Mary Higgins Clark P G Wodehouse Peter Hook Philippa Gregory R L Stine Sandra Brown Shel Silverstein Siddhartha Mukherjee Sister Souljah Stephen E Ambrose Stephen King Thomas Berger Thomas Wolfe Ursula K Le Guin Walter Isaacson ZoellaLogo Edit The Sower Simon amp Schuster logo c 1961 According to one source The Sower the logo of Simon amp Schuster was inspired by the 1850 Jean Francois Millet painting of the same name 80 According to Michael Korda the colophon is a small reproduction of The Sower by Sir John Everett Millais 81 Imprints EditAdult publishing Edit Adams Media 82 located in Avon Massachusetts 83 Atria Publishing Group 5 37 INK 84 publisher of African American and other diverse voices Atria Books general publisher Atria Espanol publisher of Spanish language books with a focus on United States Spanish speakers Atria Unbound general publisher of ebook editions of Atria Beyond Words Publishing co venture with Atria specializing in the mind body spirit category Cash Money Content a co venture with Cash Money Records Emily Bestler Books publisher of fiction and non fiction Enliven Books publisher of spiritual and wellness books Howard Books 5 publisher of Christian books Keywords Press publisher of books by Internet personalities 85 Marble Arch Press co publishing agreement with the United Kingdom publisher Short Books One Signal Publishers nonfiction publisher founded by Julia Cheiffetz Simon Element publishes nonfiction books addressing foundational topics Strebor Books International publisher of African American books as well as Black Erotica Washington Square Press paperback publisher of classic and contemporary fiction 86 Avid Reader Press 87 Gallery Books Group 5 Gallery Books general interest publisher Karen Hunter Publishing general interest imprint founded by journalist Karen Hunter Mercury Ink co publishing deal with Glenn Beck and Mercury Radio Arts MTV Entertainment Books formerly MTV Books young adult and pop culture imprint North Star Way Books inspirational non fiction imprint with additional services for authors Pocket Books 5 mass market imprint of the Gallery Publishing Group Pocket Star e book only imprint of the Gallery Publishing Group Scout Press publisher of literary fiction Threshold Editions 5 conservative imprint Twelve an imprint that publishes each book with a month long launch 88 Gallery 13 a graphic novel imprint 89 Scribner 5 Scribner publisher of fiction and non fiction books Simon amp Schuster the flagship imprint 5 Folger Shakespeare Library publishes print and ebooks of Shakespeare works Simon451 publisher of speculative fiction and fantasy Saga Press specializes in science fiction and fantasy 5 Children s publishing Edit Aladdin publisher of picture and chapter books for middle grade readers Atheneum publisher of literary middle grade teen and picture books Beach Lane Books 5 publisher of picture books founded in 2008 and located in San Diego 90 Little Simon 5 publisher of children s books Margaret K McElderry Books 5 boutique imprint publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction for children and teens MTV Books pop culture imprint relaunched in 2021 91 Paula Wiseman Books 5 publisher of picture books novelty books and novels for children Salaam Reads imprint for Muslim children s literature by Simon amp Schuster s Children s Division 92 Simon amp Schuster Books for Young Readers 5 flagship imprint of Simon amp Schuster s Children s Division Simon Pulse publisher of teen books launched in 1999 as Pocket Pulse and renamed in 2001 93 94 Simon Spotlight 5 publisher focused on licensed properties for childrenAudio Edit Pimsleur Language Programs language courses Simon amp Schuster Audio Audio division of Simon amp SchusterFormer imprints Edit Archway children s imprint of Pocket Books merged into Aladdin Paperbacks 94 Bookthrift Inexpensive reprints discontinued Earthlight UK science fiction imprint discontinued Downtown Press women s fiction discontinued Fireside Books Free Press 5 Green Tiger Press Half Moon Books Inner Sanctum Mysteries Linden Press Long Shadow Books Minstrel Books children s imprint of Pocket Books merged into Aladdin Paperbacks 94 Poseidon Press operated 1982 1993 Richard Gallen Books Simon amp Schuster Interactive 1995 2003 Sonnet Books Summit Books run by James H Silberman operated 1976 1991 95 Tiller Press specializes in practical nonfiction diet wellness home design Touchstone 96 Wallaby BooksSee also Edit Books portal Companies portal New York City portalThe other Big Five English language book publishers Hachette Holtzbrinck Macmillan HarperCollins and Penguin Random House 97 Books in the United States List of largest book publishers of the United Kingdom Media of New York CityReferences Edit Harris Elizabeth A May 28 2020 Simon amp Schuster Names Jonathan Karp C E O The New York Times Company Overview of Simon amp Schuster Inc Bloomberg L P Retrieved February 22 2017 S amp S Sales Neared 1 Billion in 2021 Publishers Weekly February 16 2022 Milliot Jim February 24 2017 Ranking America s Largest Publishers Publishers Weekly a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Global Publishing Leaders 2016 Simon amp Schuster Publishers Weekly United States PWxyz LLC August 26 2016 ISSN 0000 0019 Retrieved January 1 2017 Carolyn K Reidy Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon amp Schuster Inc Press release CBS Corporation PR Newswire Retrieved January 16 2014 a b Frederick Lewis Allen Only Yesterday An Informal History of the 1920s p 165 ISBN 0 06 095665 8 a b c d Miller Donald L 2014 Supreme City How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America Simon amp Schuster ISBN 9781416550198 1634 1699 McCusker J J 1997 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States Addenda et Corrigenda PDF American Antiquarian Society 1700 1799 McCusker J J 1992 How Much Is That in Real Money A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States PDF American Antiquarian Society 1800 present Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Consumer Price Index estimate 1800 Retrieved April 16 2022 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Korda Michael 1999 Another life a memoir of other people 1st ed New York Random House ISBN 0679456597 Ennis Thomas W November 3 1981 ROBERT F DE GRAFF DIES AT 86 WAS POCKET BOOKS FOUNDER The New York Times Retrieved August 31 2018 Announcing Little Golden Books Publishers Weekly September 19 1942 pp 991 94 Commemorating 75 Years Of Little Golden Books Publishers Weekly Retrieved August 31 2018 Darby Edwin November 6 2011 The Fortune Builders Chicago s Famous Families Garrett County Press ISBN 9781891053177 Business Timeline Archived from the original on November 13 2022 History of Simon amp Schuster Inc Funding Universe Retrieved September 1 2020 a b c Gilroy Harry January 6 1964 Publishers Hope Wider Market Will Mean Better Profit Margins The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved January 14 2017 There is no doubt that expansion is coming Publishers talk of census projections that indicate there will be almost 70 million persons in the 5 to 24 year old age bracket by the end of the year Battle maps will have to replace bookshelves in the executive offices one publisher comments Searching Out the Paperbacks Searching Out the Paperbacks Retrieved January 14 2017 Some searching though disclosed that in Washington Square Press Books for instance there s an astounding assortment many of them books I d recently paid several times the price for in hardcover Lorna Doone Huckleberry Finn Robinson Crusoe etc etc Simon amp Schuster Adds Monarch Line The New York Times August 5 1967 p 20 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved August 9 2022 a b Freeman William M December 21 1970 Max Lincoln Schuster Editor and publisher Dies The New York Times Retrieved September 3 2016 Dean Michelle September 27 2016 Robert Gottlieb the editor who changed American literature The Guardian Retrieved August 31 2018 Kirkpatrick David D August 13 2001 The Man Who Will Edit Clinton Legendary Figure Will Try to Elicit Meaningful Memoir The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved January 28 2017 Koshetz Herbert G amp W to Acquire a Book Publisher The New York Times Wednesday January 29 1975 Archived October 16 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 16 2021 a b SIMON SCHUSTER BOSS FIRED The Washington Post June 15 1994 ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved September 12 2018 Blair William G Charles G Bluhdorn the Head of Gulf and Western Dies at 56 The New York Times Sunday February 20 1983 Archived January 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 16 2021 a b c d e Mcdowell Edwin October 29 1990 THE MEDIA BUSINESS Is Simon amp Schuster Mellowing The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 3 2016 a b c Cohen Roger June 30 1991 Profits Dick Snyder s Ugly Word The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 3 2016 Walden on the freeway via classic cassette via Christian Science Monitor Gulf and Western Switch The New York Times June 5 1989 Retrieved September 12 2018 Simon amp Schuster Buys San Diego Firm tribunedigital chicagotribune December 19 1990 Retrieved May 15 2018 Simon amp Schuster Encyclopedia com www encyclopedia com Retrieved October 1 2020 Viacom captures Paramount tribunedigital baltimoresun Retrieved September 12 2018 Paramount completes acquisition of Macmillan UPI February 28 1994 Retrieved October 1 2020 S amp S sells two peripheral assets Publishers Weekly November 28 1994 Retrieved October 15 2019 Michele Kay April 21 1996 Map Maker Folds Company s demise disturbs Comfort Austin American Statesman pp 1 ISSN 0199 8560 Paramount Buys Unit from Markt amp Technik Verlag January 4 1994 THE MEDIA BUSINESS Software Plan for Paramount The New York Times April 13 1994 Myerson Geraldine Fabrikant With Allen R May 18 1998 SIMON amp SCHUSTER IN SALE TO BRITISH The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 22 2016 Simon amp Schuster To Acquire Distican Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 1 2019 Opportunity Knocks Focus on Canada 2013 Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 1 2019 Bloomberg News January 2 2006 Viacom Completes Split into 2 Companies The New York Times Retrieved September 12 2018 Strebor Books International LLC Private Company Information Bloomberg L P Retrieved January 13 2017 Md author of steamy novels in some hot water herself The Washington Post Retrieved September 12 2018 Threshold Editions Home simonandschusterpublishing com Retrieved December 31 2016 Glenn Beck Signs Multi Book Deal with Simon amp Schuster Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 1 2017 Maeda Martha 2014 Book Publishing 101 Inside Information to Getting Your First Book Or Novel Published Atlantic Publishing Company ISBN 9781601385642 For Star Trek Books the Voyage Shows No Sign of Stopping Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 15 2017 Glenn Beck Re Ups with S amp S Launches New Imprint Publishers Weekly Retrieved December 31 2016 Baby And Slim Celebrate Their New Publishing Venture Cash Money Content Photos Hip Hop Wired May 25 2011 Retrieved January 8 2017 Mu Ylan Q Tsukayama Hayley April 11 2012 Justice Department sues Apple publishers over e book prices The Washington Post Retrieved June 1 2014 a b c S amp S Reorganizes Adult Group Levin to Leave Free Press Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 15 2017 Archway Publishing Self Publishing Company from Simon amp Schuster Archway Publishing Retrieved September 8 2016 Bosman Julie November 14 2013 Jeter Prepares to Turn a Page and Publish Many Others The New York Times Retrieved September 1 2020 Molina Brett March 25 2014 E book price fixing settlements rolling out USA Today Retrieved June 1 2014 Amazon signs multi year deal with Simon amp Schuster Reuters October 21 2014 Archived from the original on October 21 2014 a b c S amp S Launching New SF Imprint Simon451 Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 16 2017 a b c Introducing North Star Way A New Platform Based Client Centric Approach to Publishing from Simon amp Schuster Book Business Retrieved January 16 2017 S amp S launches audience building unit for authors in US The Bookseller www thebookseller com Retrieved January 16 2017 Q amp A MICHELE MARTIN OF NORTH STAR WAY SIMON amp SCHUSTER Kirkus Reviews Retrieved January 16 2017 Trademark Office Suspends Marvel s Registration Of Northstar Bleeding Cool Comic Book Movie TV News August 5 2015 Retrieved January 16 2017 a b Global Publishing Leaders 2016 Simon amp Schuster Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 1 2017 Lee Edmund August 13 2019 CBS and Viacom to Reunite in Victory for Shari Redstone The New York Times Retrieved September 1 2020 Baysinger Tim March 4 2020 ViacomCBS to Sell Publisher Simon and Schuster Arbel Tali Publisher Simon amp Schuster for sale not core to ViacomCBS AP News Goldsmith Jill March 26 2020 ViacomCBS Has Received 25 Inquires About Buying Simon amp Schuster Since It Flagged Intention To Sell Publisher Barker Alex Solomon Erika September 1 2020 Bertelsmann joins race to acquire Simon amp Schuster Financial Times Retrieved September 1 2020 Goldsmith Jill November 17 2020 Simon amp Schuster Bids Due By Thanksgiving News Corp Bertelsmann Vivendi Contenders For ViacomCBS Publisher Alter Alexandra Lee Edmund November 25 2020 Penguin Random House to Buy Simon amp Schuster The New York Times Retrieved November 30 2020 Whitten Sarah November 25 2020 ViacomCBS sells Simon amp Schuster to Penguin Random House for 2 billion CNBC Lauer Douglas Busvine Klaus November 25 2020 Bertelsmann buys Simon amp Schuster for 2 2 billion in U S publishing play Reuters Retrieved November 25 2020 Alter Alexandra Harris Elizabeth A October 31 2022 Judge Blocks a Merger of Big Publishers The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 31 2022 Bertelsmann Plans to Appeal Court Ruling on Penguin Random House Simon amp Schuster Merger Bertelsmann November 1 2022 Retrieved November 22 2022 Bertelsmann Will Drive Growth of Penguin Random House Without Simon amp Schuster Bertelsmann November 21 2022 Retrieved November 22 2022 Harris Elizabeth A Alter Alexandra April 27 2021 There Is a Tension There Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on December 28 2021 Retrieved April 28 2021 Trachtenberg Jeffrey A April 26 2021 WSJ News Exclusive Simon amp Schuster Employees Submit Petition Demanding No Deals With Trump Administration Authors The Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved April 28 2021 Thousands of supporters join staff at Mike Pence s publisher in campaign against book deal The Guardian April 27 2021 Retrieved April 28 2021 Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House s Acquisition of Simon amp Schuster Wall Street Journal November 2 2021 Retrieved November 2 2021 A Huge Merger s Collapse Breaks a Pattern of Consolidation in Publishing New York Times November 21 2022 Retrieved November 26 2022 Peiser Jaclyn January 6 2022 An elusive thief stole hundreds of book manuscripts in an online scam The culprit is an industry insider FBI says Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved January 6 2022 Larson Kay April 16 1984 Poet of Peasants New York Business Timeline Archived September 16 2009 at the Wayback Machine Maher John November 15 2016 S amp S to Acquire Adams Media Publishers Weekly United States PWxyz LLC ISSN 0000 0019 Retrieved April 12 2017 Adams Media Manta Columbus Ohio Manta Media Inc Retrieved April 12 2017 New Davis Imprint Named 37 Ink Publishers Weekly United States PWxyz LLC June 29 2013 ISSN 0000 0019 Retrieved January 16 2014 Barnes Brooks May 21 2014 Media Companies Join to Extend the Brands of YouTube Stars The New York Times New York City ISSN 0362 4331 OCLC 1645522 Retrieved April 10 2015 Our Imprints Atria Books atria books com Retrieved January 14 2017 Introducing Avid Reader Press A New Imprint from Simon amp Schuster Simon amp Schuster October 29 2018 Retrieved October 5 2019 About Twelve August 30 2017 Gallery Books Unveils New Graphic Books Line Publishers Weekly Retrieved January 15 2017 Beach Lane Books Home Retrieved November 12 2020 Christian Trimmer to Head Relaunch of MTV Books Alter Alexandra February 24 2016 Simon amp Schuster Creates Imprint for Muslim Themed Children s Books The New York Times New Teen Imprint From Pocket Publishers Weekly 246 19 30 31 May 10 1999 ISSN 0000 0019 Retrieved November 12 2020 a b c Roback Diane Britton Jason March 11 2002 Catching up a look at recent changes in children s publishing Children s Books Publishers Weekly 249 10 27 30 ISSN 0000 0019 Retrieved November 12 2020 Fein Esther B December 4 1991 Book Notes Summit May Fold as Dismissed Founder Moves to Little Brown The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 29 2018 Touchstone Books www simonandschusterpublishing com Who Are The Big Six Fiction Matters March 5 2010 Retrieved January 16 2014 Further reading EditKorda Michael 1999 Another Life A Memoir of Other People United States Random House ISBN 0 679 45659 7 Simon amp Schuster Inc International Directory of Company Histories 4 671 672 Simon amp Schuster Inc International Directory of Company Histories 19 403 405 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simon 26 Schuster amp oldid 1151835790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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