TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Simon & Schuster http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:46:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Looking for a Simon & Schuster title? Barnes & Noble might not be your best bet. http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/looking-for-a-simon-schuster-title-barnes-noble-might-not-be-your-best-bet/ http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/looking-for-a-simon-schuster-title-barnes-noble-might-not-be-your-best-bet/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:49:04 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=82070 Book retailer Barnes & Noble has reportedly reduced the amount of titles it stocks by Simon & Schuster authors and lowered the number of S&S books on display as it continues to be embroiled in a debate with the publisher. Neither the chain nor Simon & Schuster would specify exactly what is being negotiated, but [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/looking-for-a-simon-schuster-title-barnes-noble-might-not-be-your-best-bet/feed/ 0 Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books to offer physical e-book vouchers http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schusters-atria-books-to-offer-physical-e-book-vouchers-at-author-events/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schusters-atria-books-to-offer-physical-e-book-vouchers-at-author-events/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:27:34 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=79979 We’ve reported a number of times over the years about small start-ups that are attempting to solve the quandary of the author autograph in the digital age. A reader attending an in-person author appearance and hoping to walk away with a signed book, for instance, is clearly out of luck if she happens to only own the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schusters-atria-books-to-offer-physical-e-book-vouchers-at-author-events/feed/ 0 Simon & Schuster to publish more reworked Twilight fanfic http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-to-publish-more-reworked-twilight-fanfic/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-to-publish-more-reworked-twilight-fanfic/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:04:27 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=74371 Ever since reworked Twilight fanfic Fifty Shades of Grey hit bookstore shelves and immediately burned a path up the charts, many publishers have been giving more serious consideration to fanfic. Might it make a decent source of publishable stories, a sort of Internet slushpile they could mine for nuggets at their leisure? But it seems [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-to-publish-more-reworked-twilight-fanfic/feed/ 2 Simon & Schuster settles price-fixing class-action lawsuit http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-settles-price-fixing-class-action-lawsuit/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-settles-price-fixing-class-action-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 04:55:27 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-settles-price-fixing-class-action-lawsuit/ CNet reports that Simon & Schuster, who has already settled its antitrust dispute with the Department of Justice, has joined HarperCollins and Hachette in settling the price-fixing class-action lawsuit by 29 states overseen by judge Denise Cote (who issued a ruling a couple of days ago denying the publishers’ and Apple’s motion to dismiss). The [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-settles-price-fixing-class-action-lawsuit/feed/ 0 Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Publishers mishandle indie authors, fail to learn from mistakes http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kristine-kathryn-rusch-publishers-mishandle-indie-authors-fail-to-learn-from-mistakes/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kristine-kathryn-rusch-publishers-mishandle-indie-authors-fail-to-learn-from-mistakes/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:18:40 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kristine-kathryn-rusch-publishers-mishandle-indie-authors-fail-to-learn-from-mistakes/ In her latest “The Business Rusch” column, Kristine Kathryn Rusch calls attention to the fact that this year a reporting Pulitzer went to an online-only publication, the Huffington Post, for the first time ever. Most traditional news outlets have been concentrating on the fact that no fiction Pulitzer was awarded this year, because (Mrs. Rusch [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/kristine-kathryn-rusch-publishers-mishandle-indie-authors-fail-to-learn-from-mistakes/feed/ 5 Big Six publishers decline to renew contract with Amazon over unfavorable terms http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/big-six-publishers-decline-to-renew-contract-with-amazon-over-unfavorable-terms/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/big-six-publishers-decline-to-renew-contract-with-amazon-over-unfavorable-terms/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:39:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/big-six-publishers-decline-to-renew-contract-with-amazon-over-unfavorable-terms/ Salon Magazine has an extremely lengthy story looking at Amazon, and bringing up a couple of points I hadn’t heard about before. In main, the article looks at Amazon’s habit of making quiet but substantial grants to various small independent publishing organizations, totaling about $1 million per year. Is it done to support indie publishing, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/big-six-publishers-decline-to-renew-contract-with-amazon-over-unfavorable-terms/feed/ 18 Some publishers more willing to settle with DOJ than others over e-book pricing http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/some-publishers-more-willing-to-settle-with-doj-than-others-over-e-book-pricing/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/some-publishers-more-willing-to-settle-with-doj-than-others-over-e-book-pricing/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:49:39 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/some-publishers-more-willing-to-settle-with-doj-than-others-over-e-book-pricing/ The Wall Street Journal has some further news on the putative e-book pricing settlement in the US Justice Department and European Commission joint anti-trust investigation of the “Agency Five” publishers plus Apple. Anonymous sources have told the Journal that three publishers are inclined to settle and two others (plus Apple) are holding out. HarperCollins, Hachette, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/some-publishers-more-willing-to-settle-with-doj-than-others-over-e-book-pricing/feed/ 5 Simon & Schuster John Locke publishing deal lets Locke keep self-publishing e-books http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-john-locke-publishing-deal-lets-locke-keep-self-publishing-e-books/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-john-locke-publishing-deal-lets-locke-keep-self-publishing-e-books/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-john-locke-publishing-deal-lets-locke-keep-self-publishing-e-books/ Simon & Schuster has entered a deal to start publishing books by self-publishing star author John Locke. There’s not so much that’s new about that in and of itself—after all, just a few months ago several publishers bid on works by self-publishing star Amanda Hocking. But something that is new, the Bookseller points out, is [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-john-locke-publishing-deal-lets-locke-keep-self-publishing-e-books/feed/ 1 Penguin, Simon & Schuster now claim 14-15% of sales are ebooks http://www.teleread.com/publishing/penguin-simon-schuster-now-claim-14-15-of-sales-are-ebooks/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/penguin-simon-schuster-now-claim-14-15-of-sales-are-ebooks/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:51:19 +0000 Chris Walters http://www.teleread.com/?p=58673 Yesterday, Simon & Schuster’s parent company CBS announced that while the publisher made less money last quarter than the one before, ebook sales accounted for a greater percentage: Publishing revenues for the second quarter of 2011 decreased 3% to $183 million from $189 million for the same prior-year period, as strong growth in the sale [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/publishing/penguin-simon-schuster-now-claim-14-15-of-sales-are-ebooks/feed/ 0 Simon & Schuster reports increased profits thanks to digital sales http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reports-increased-profits-thanks-to-digital-sales/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reports-increased-profits-thanks-to-digital-sales/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 16:07:24 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reports-increased-profits-thanks-to-digital-sales/ We’re all used to the idea that publishers are struggling to stay afloat in this brave new e-book-and-pirate-infested recessionary world. This is why they can’t pay greater royalties on lower-marginal-cost e-books, and why they want to keep their e-book prices high so consumers don’t come to devalue e-books (or to protect sales of hardcovers, whichever [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reports-increased-profits-thanks-to-digital-sales/feed/ 2 For libraries, e-books are a complicated issue http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/for-libraries-e-books-are-a-complicated-issue/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/for-libraries-e-books-are-a-complicated-issue/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:30:03 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/for-libraries-e-books-are-a-complicated-issue/ Publishers Weekly takes a long, interesting look at the question of library e-books and what they mean for both the publishing and library industries. To some librarians’ surprise, library e-books are proving extremely popular with patrons. "It’s amazing," says Diane Eidelman, administrator for member services at the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, a consortium of over [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/for-libraries-e-books-are-a-complicated-issue/feed/ 4 Simon & Schuster’s ebook revenues at about 8% of adult sales http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/simon-schusters-ebook-revenues-at-about-8-of-adult-sales/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/simon-schusters-ebook-revenues-at-about-8-of-adult-sales/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:14:54 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=45991 Simon & Schuster’s profits are up and so are revenues. The revenue increase was, in part, because of increased digital content sales. Their CEO, Carolyn Reidy, reports the Bookseller: … echoed other US publishers in indicating that ebook sales “right now” were approximately 8% of adult sales, but added that the exact percentage has been [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/simon-schuster-introduces-mobile-website/feed/ 0 Simon & Schuster Canada making its books available on iBooks http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/simon-schuster-canada-making-its-books-available-on-ibooks/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/simon-schuster-canada-making-its-books-available-on-ibooks/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:55:05 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=44558 Good news for Canadians! From the press release: Simon & Schuster Canada is pleased to announce that it is making ebooks available on Apple’s new iBookstore in Canada starting today.  iBookstore is included in the free iBooks app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch (www.itunes.ca/appstore).  Among the ebooks now available on iBookstore are internationally bestselling titles [...]

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