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
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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
Big Six Publishers to Start Providing Sales Numbers to Authors
Some of the headaches involved in traditional publishing just eased up somewhat, at least as far as the authors are concerned. Three of the Big Six publishers have decided to take steps to allow authors to access their sales figures online. According to a recent article in the New York Times, Simon & Schuster has already developed an author portal that grants not only … [Read more...] about Big Six Publishers to Start Providing Sales Numbers to Authors
Stephen King’s Digital Short Story Venture
Always the penultimate example of a successful author, Stephen King appears to have it all. Numerous blockbuster movies that evolved from his novels, the option to span several genres under a few different pseudonyms, and the ability to weave a bestseller out of a grocery list make him one of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time. Now he’s broadening his opus in a new … [Read more...] about Stephen King’s Digital Short Story Venture