Simon and Schuster

Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.30.2012

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The truth is that this dispute is not about saving literature or the sanctity of the literary world, it is about the publishers' business model.

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How to Find (and Lose) a Book Title

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 03.26.2012

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For the effort most authors put into titling their book, you'd think they'd get to see it splashed across the cover -- but an overwhelming amount of us are told by our editors, "Love the book, hate the title. Find another one."

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Rin Tin Tin: The Tale Of The 'Dog Who Was Born In 1918 And Never Died'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2011

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Move over, Lassie. Rin Tin Tin might be considered "the most famous dog in the history of movies and television," and now Susan Orlean's latest bo...

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US Government Embarrassed by Afghan Woman Again

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Woman Among Warlords, Afghanistan, Sonali Kolhatkar, Taliban, Simon and Schuster, Patrick Leahy, Malalai Joya, State Department, Malalai, Afghan Women's Mission, Joya, Jim McDermott, Scribner, Bernie Sanders, Malalai Joya Call in Day, Malalai Joya Visa, World News

Malalai Joya, one of Afghanistan's most famous woman, who was just denied a visa for a book tour to the U.S. Having successfully applied for a U.S. visa four times before, this time it is not about Joya, but about the war in Afghanistan.

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New Earthquake Novel Eerily Prescient Of Japan Disaster

The Guardian | Benedicte Page | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Japan, Japan Earthquake, Japan Disaster, Simon and Schuster, Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles, Books News

An eerily prescient novel in which a giant earthquake knocks the earth from its axis has netted a £500,000 deal reminiscent of the heady days before ...

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Making Books Do Things eBooks Can't, And Vice Versa

latimes.com | David L. Ulin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mainstream publishers say printed books are far from extinct. Nonetheless, their role in publishing is changing. Amazon.com now sells more e-books tha...

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Simon And Schuster Year End Results: Children's Division 'Strongest In Their History'

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a year-end letter to employees that dealt heavily with digital developments and its impact on the industry and Simon & Schuster, company CEO Caroly...

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Simon And Schuster Announces 'Book Deal With God'

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a tongue-in-cheek press release today, Simon & Schuster announced they have sealed a book deal with God. The currently untitled book will be attac...

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Sleeping With The Enemy?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Rosenthal, the publisher who was ousted from Simon & Schuster in June, has been named the president and publisher of a new book imprint at Pengu...

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Larry Ashmead Dies

nytimes.com | DOUGLAS MARTIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 9-year-old boy once visited his local library in Rochester to hear a mystery writer read from her book. But what particularly thrilled him was to le...

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How the Media Fans the Flames of Western Extremism

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Al Jazeera English, Simon and Schuster, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Prophet Muhammad, Iraq, Extremism, Al Qaeda, Media News

The unintended consequence of booking people with questionable credentials and outrageous opinions to draw viewers is that Western extremism is legitimized.

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McChrystal Dismissal Inspires Simon & Schuster To Release Timely eBook 'Truman Fires MacArthur'McChrystal Dismissal Inspires Simon & Schuster To Release Timely eBook 'Truman Fires MacArthur'

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fast on the heels of news that President Obama had dismissed Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Simon & Schuster is releasing an eBook that chronicles another h...

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Book Publishing Websites: The Best And Worst (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone in book publishing has a website. We know Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and Borders among others sell books on the web. Authors have web...

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Jonathan Karp Takes The Helm As New Publisher Of Simon & Schuster

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In what it said was time for a "fresh approach," Simon & Schuster has hired Jonathan Karp, who published Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's "Tr...

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Hilary Duff To Write Young Adult Book Series

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Welcome the latest celebrity children's author, Hilary Duff. Simon & Schuster Books for Young readers said Tuesday the actress-singe...

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Tori Spelling

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Actress and best-selling author Tori Spelling is writing a children's book. "Presenting ... Tallulah," the "sweet tale of a young gi...

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Publishers Hold Back eBook Editions Of New Books

Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon & Schuster is delaying by four months the electronic-book editions of about 35 leading titles coming out early next year, taking a dramatic stan...

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Tiger's Penis Signs Seven-Figure Book Deal

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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A top book agent who represented Mr. Woods' penis in the deal, said that the book would be "tell-all memoir that would give a penis's eye view of the raunchy world of professional golf."

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