May 22 2007
Sometimes I’ll blog about information that seems to be directed straight at writers and I wonder if some readers think to themselves, but this isn’t for us. It doesn’t affect us. Aren’t you guys a readers’ blog? We are, but sometimes industry changes have a great affect on we, the readers. Simon & Schuster’s announcement(…)
May 17 2007
Just as a prefatory matter, I want to explain a bit about copyright law and how that works in relation to authors. Authors create a unique work to which they own a copyright. That copyright gives them the right to copy and distribute that work. Authors sell that right of copying and distribution to publishers.(…)
May 14 2007
Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, partnered with Ritz Carlton to provide a free collection of short stories by authors like Jodi Picoult, Susan Isaacs, and John Connolly in Turndown Tales. This paperback will be given free as part of its turndown service. Turndown service is usually performed in the early evening hours by(…)
May 8 2007
Simon & Schuster will be putting up a channel on YouTube.com and other video sharing sites called Bookvideos.tv. The channel will feature videos of authors and their books and will be approximately 2 minutes long. I think its smart of S&S to use existing structure such as YouTube to carry their message instead of hosting(…)
Apr 8 2007
The e-backlist has been a long time in coming. Readers, particularly romance readers, are big glommers and they often are searching for the one book their reading buddy says is a must find. Unfortunately, these books are often difficult to find and very expensive. Publishers are being more responsive by making backlist titles easily available(…)
Apr 4 2007
Simon&Schuster and Harlequin are experimenting with an early release digital program whereby readers can buy the ebook version of a print book a month in advance. What’s more is that these ebooks are often sold at a discount. Simon & Schuster sells its ebooks at 35% off the cover price making regular mass markets available(…)
Mar 2 2007
Simon & Schuster had an increase of 6% in total revenue although profits were hampered by teh AMS bankruptcy. S&S decided to absorb the AMS bankrupcty in 2006 and sums recovered from the bankruptcy proceedings will be pure profit in 2007. Mass market sales were flat but the higher priced premium paperbacks helped offset that.(…)
Feb 19 2007
Even though it appeared by Feather’s last book that she hated romance, a new release of hers is due out late March. Simon & Schuster is rewarding all of us ebook lovers by offering up the “e” version A Wicked Gentleman for purchase a month before its paper debut. It also appears that the great(…)
Apr 6 2006
Update: Since this post which was originally written in April 6, 2006, Simon & Schuster has reversed almost all the policies that made it so digitally advanced. They no longer offer early looks at their books via digital sale. The digital format of a print book is released late. Further, they are pricing their digital(…)
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