Verdict: 4 Stars Part mystery, part expose', and part travelogue, The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks (Atria) is the second book from Gillian Royes featuring the bartender Shadrack from Largo Bay, Jamaica. Every bit as suspenseful as the first book, this second fiction titles from Royes takes the reader places--both geographical and spiritual--that he never expected. When … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks by Gillian Royes
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Simon & Schuster Agrees to Sell One eBook to a Library
One of the things that Simon & Schuster is noted for is its antagonism towards libraries. Its policy is that it will not sell ebooks to them. However, in a great show of public spirit (sarcasm intended!), S&S has broken down and agreed to sell Jean Thompson's The Year We Left Home in ebook format to libraries. This is because the book was selected by the Iowa Center … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Agrees to Sell One eBook to a Library
eBook Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Verdict: 5 Stars One of the genres that is gaining popularity and attention is the fictionalized biography, a novel retelling of the information that history does actually remember about notable people and events. In Fever (Simon & Schuster), Mary Beth Keane has done a heart-wrenching job of completely humanizing one of the names that history doesn't always remember … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Simon & Schuster Disbands Agency Pricing
Simon & Shuster has joined Harper Collins and Hachette by reaching a new agreement with major online booksellers. The company has officially started to disband the old agency pricing model, which limited the ability of Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble from establishing their own prices. Amazon and iBooks are currently discounting most ebooks from S&S and other … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Disbands Agency Pricing
Pocket Star eBook Giveaway: Yuletide Treasure
Pocket Star is hosting a giveaway for GoodeReader’s fans of bestselling author Andrea Kane’s holiday novella, Yuletide Treasure. The New York Times bestselling author of romance and suspense novels, known for thrillers such as The Girl Who Disappeared Twice and The Line Between Here and Gone, has crafted a feel-good short ebook set in Victorian England. While the lines … [Read more...] about Pocket Star eBook Giveaway: Yuletide Treasure
eBook Review: The Thieves of Legend by Richard Doetsch
Verdict: 4 Stars With so many high-volume and well-known thriller writers on the market, it’s important to make everything stand out, not just the high action plot. It is far too easy to fall into the trap of my spy thrillers, which is to try to emulate the greats to the point of mimicry. Doetsch’s third book in the Michael St. Pierre series, The Thieves of Legend (Atria … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Thieves of Legend by Richard Doetsch
eBook Review: The Last Man by Vince Flynn
Verdict: 5 Stars How do you side with the good guys over the bad guys when you can’t tell who the good guys are? And what if the lines between good and bad keep blurring, so that the bad guys sit on the sidelines and watch the good guys destroy each other? In Vince Flynn’s upcoming installment in his bestselling Mitch Rapp series, The Last Man (Atria) pits all of … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Last Man by Vince Flynn
Simon & Schuster to Tap Roku and Blinkx for More Exposure of Book Videos
Publishers Simon & Schuster has already experienced success with its book and author videos posted on YouTube that generate more than a million views each month, and the company is intending to replicate the publicity on other sites such as Roku and Blinkx. Roku is a different form of video network. It requires a separate device that attaches to the TV set and streams more … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster to Tap Roku and Blinkx for More Exposure of Book Videos
Pocket Star Launches As Digital-First Imprint
Pocket Books, a well-known paperback division of publishing mainstay Simon & Schuster, operated as two separate imprints for years, Pocket Books and Pocket Star, in order to avail itself of the opportunity to place more authors' works in front of the right audiences. But in early 2012, Pocket Star adapted its previous print-only business model to become a digital-first … [Read more...] about Pocket Star Launches As Digital-First Imprint
eBook Review: Trickster’s Point by William Kent Krueger
Verdict: 5 Stars I don’t really like mysteries. Basically, I just never care whodunit and even if it was the butler, I can’t really figure out why he did it. Fortunately, Krueger is such a masterful storyteller that he made me care. You can’t not care, especially when a beloved political figure is lying on the ground, gasping for breath with his best friend’s arrow … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Trickster’s Point by William Kent Krueger
eBooks Now Account for 21% of All Sales at Simon & Schuster
Digital eBook sales at Simon & Schuster are seeing strong growth in the second financial quarter of 2012. They have risen by almost 44% and now account for 21% of the company's total book sales. Revenues increased by 3% and garnered the company a cool $189 million from $183 million over the second quarter in 2011. Some of the ebooks that saw the most sales during this … [Read more...] about eBooks Now Account for 21% of All Sales at Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Settles in Price Fixing Lawsuit
Three of the five publishers named in the class-action lawsuit and the Department of Justice investigation and suit against Apple and Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins have already settled out of court with the DoJ, but today the judge on the case took another of those three publishers out of the class-action suit. Simon & Schuster … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Settles in Price Fixing Lawsuit
Simon & Schuster Digital Revenue Increases by 64% in Q1
Simon & Schuster announced their first quarter results today and their digital division has seen growth by almost 64%. The fast growing segment of ebooks now accounts for over 26% of their entire revenue stream. Publishing revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased 14% to $176 million from $155 million for the same prior-year period, reflecting strong growth in the … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Digital Revenue Increases by 64% in Q1
Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth
Book lovers in India have been indulging in their passion for reading all the more, demonstrated by the steep rise in book sales. The domestic book market grew by an impressive 45 percent in volume and 40 percent in value terms during the first half of 2011. The adult fiction segment is witnessing the most growth during this period, expanding by 82 percent in volume and 49 … [Read more...] about Book Market in India Registers Exponential Growth