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{{Short description|American publishing company}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name                = Simon & Schuster LLC
| logo                = [[File:Simon & Schuster.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_size           = 140px
| image               = SimonSchusterBuilding.JPG
| image_caption       = Headquarters in New York City
| type                = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation          = {{start date and age|1924|01|02}}
| founders            = {{ubl
  | [[Richard L. Simon|Richard Simon]]
  | [[M. Lincoln Schuster|Max Schuster]]
  }}
| hq_location         = [[1230 Avenue of the Americas|Simon & Schuster Building]]
| hq_location_city    = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served         = Worldwide
| key_people          = {{ubl
  | [[Jonathan Karp]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
  | Dennis Eulau ([[Chief financial officer|CFO]], [[Executive vice president|EVP]] of operations)
  | Perminder Mann (chief executive, UK, Australia and India)
  | Kevin Hanson ([[President (corporate title)|president]], Canada)
  }}
| products            = Books
| services            = See [[#Imprints|§ Imprints]]
| revenue             = {{Increase}} {{US$|1.1 billion}}
| revenue_year        = 2022
| num_employees       = {{circa|1,600}}
| num_employees_year  = 2023
| owner               = {{ubl
  | [[Gulf and Western Industries]] (1975–1989)
  | [[Paramount Communications]] (1989–1994)
  | [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] (1994–2005)
  | [[CBS Corporation]] (2006–2019)
  | [[Paramount Global]] (2019–2023)
  | [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (2023–present)
  }}
| parent              = 
| homepage            = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes           = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=May 28, 2020 |title=Simon & Schuster Names Jonathan Karp C.E.O. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/simon-schuster-jonathan-karp-ceo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528140802/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/simon-schuster-jonathan-karp-ceo.html |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Company Overview of Simon & Schuster, Inc. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=919934 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205064507/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=919934 |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref><ref name="revenue">{{Cite news |last=Nguyen |first=Sophia |date=August 7, 2023 |title=Simon & Schuster acquired by private equity firm KKR |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/07/simon-schuster-kkr-private-equity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230808011002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/07/simon-schuster-kkr-private-equity/ |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=August 7, 2023 |title=Simon & Schuster: Publisher to be sold for $1.6bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66434690 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808020820/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66434690 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
}}

'''Simon & Schuster LLC''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|uː|s|t|ər}} {{respell|SHOO|stər}}) is an American publishing house owned by [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] since 2023. It was founded in [[New York City]] in 1924, by [[Richard L. Simon]] and [[M. Lincoln Schuster]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=63lRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Simon+Schuster+%22January+2+1924%22&pg=PA63 "What it Means to Be a Book Publisher at 29: What Simon and Schuster Have Found Out in Their Pursuit of Best Sellers"].  {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003001053/https://books.google.com/books?id=63lRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Simon+Schuster+%22January+2+1924%22&pg=PA63 |date=October 3, 2023 }}, by Beatrice Barmby, ''McClure's'' magazine (October 1927) p. 62.</ref> Along with [[Penguin Random House]], [[Hachette Book Group USA|Hachette]], [[HarperCollins]] and [[Macmillan Publishers]], Simon & Schuster is considered one of the [[Big Five (publishers)|"Big Five"]] English-language publishers. {{As of|2017|post=}}, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=February 24, 2017 |title=Ranking America's Largest Publishers |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/72889-ranking-america-s-largest-publishers.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193703/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/72889-ranking-america-s-largest-publishers.html |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different [[Imprint (trade name)|imprints]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Carolyn K. Reidy Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster, Inc. |publisher=CBS Corporation |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carolyn-k-reidy-named-president-and-chief-executive-officer-of-simon--schuster-inc-57852812.html |access-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106053346/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carolyn-k-reidy-named-president-and-chief-executive-officer-of-simon--schuster-inc-57852812.html |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |agency=PR Newswire}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Early years ===
In 1924, [[Richard L. Simon|Richard Simon]]'s aunt, a [[crossword puzzle]] enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''[[New York World]]'' crossword puzzles, which were popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and [[M. Lincoln Schuster|Max Schuster]] decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.<ref name="allen">Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. 165. {{ISBN|0-06-095665-8}}.</ref> At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Donald L. |title=Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America. |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2014 |isbn=978-1416550198}}</ref> They pooled {{USD|8,000}}, equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|8000|1924|r=-3}}}} today{{Inflation-fn|US}} and started a company that published crossword puzzles.<ref name="Another">{{Cite book |last=Korda |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/anotherlifememoi00kord |title=Another life: a memoir of other people |date=1999 |publisher=Random House |isbn=0679456597 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="allen" />

The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends. Simon called this "planned publishing".<ref name=":3" /> Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript, they came up with their own ideas, and then hired writers to carry them out.<ref name=":3" />

In the 1930s, the publisher moved to what has been referred to as "Publisher's Row" on [[Park Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]], New York.<ref name=":3" />

=== Expansion ===
In 1939, Simon & Schuster backed Robert Fair de Graff to found [[Pocket Books]], America's first paperback publisher.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ennis |first=Thomas W. |date=November 3, 1981 |title=Robert F. De Graff Dies at 86; was Pocket Books Founder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/03/obituaries/robert-f-de-graff-dies-at-86-was-pocket-books-founder.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831211823/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/03/obituaries/robert-f-de-graff-dies-at-86-was-pocket-books-founder.html |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1942, Simon & Schuster and [[Western Publishing]] launched the [[Little Golden Books]] series in cooperation with the Artists and Writers Guild.<ref>"Announcing Little Golden Books". ''Publishers Weekly''. September 19, 1942, pp. 991–994.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Commemorating 75 Years of Little Golden Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72829-commemorating-75-years-of-little-golden-books.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193756/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72829-commemorating-75-years-of-little-golden-books.html |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

In 1944, [[Marshall Field III]], owner of the ''[[Chicago Sun]]'', purchased Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Darby |first=Edwin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UiYPjevXzsC&q=In+1944%2C+Marshall+Field+III%2C+owner+of+the+Chicago+Sun%2C+purchased+Simon+&pg=PT47 |title=The Fortune Builders: Chicago's Famous Families |publisher=Garrett County Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-1891053177 |language=en |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193138/https://books.google.com/books?id=8UiYPjevXzsC&q=In+1944%2C+Marshall+Field+III%2C+owner+of+the+Chicago+Sun%2C+purchased+Simon+&pg=PT47#v=snippet&q=In%201944%2C%20Marshall%20Field%20III%2C%20owner%20of%20the%20Chicago%20Sun%2C%20purchased%20Simon&f=false |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The company was sold back to Simon & Schuster following his death in 1957 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Business Timeline |url=http://about.simonandschuster.biz/business-timeline/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113002517/http://about.simonandschuster.biz/business-timeline/ |archive-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> for $1 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Simon & Schuster Inc |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/simon-schuster-inc-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025104604/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/simon-schuster-inc-history/ |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |publisher=Funding Universe}}</ref>

In the 1950s and 1960s, many publishers including Simon & Schuster turned toward educational publishing due to the [[baby boom]] market.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Gilroy |first=Harry |date=January 6, 1964 |title=Publishers Hope Wider Market Will Mean Better Profit Margins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/06/publishers-hope-wider-market-will-mean-better-profit-margins.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706075302/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/06/archives/publishers-hope-wider-market-will-mean-better-profit-margins.html |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |quote="There is no doubt that expansion is coming. Publishers talk of census projections that indicate there will be almost 70 million persons in the 5-to-24-year-old age bracket by the end of the year. Battle maps will have to replace bookshelves in the executive offices, one publisher comments."}}</ref> Pocket Books focused on paperbacks for the educational market instead of textbooks and started the Washington Square Press imprint in 1959.<ref name=":8" /> By 1964, it had published more than 200 titles and was expected to put out another 400 by the end of that year.<ref name=":8" /> Books published under the imprint included classic reprints such as ''[[Lorna Doone]]'', ''[[Ivanhoe]]'', ''[[Tom Sawyer]]'', ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]'', and ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Searching Out the Paperbacks; Searching Out the Paperbacks |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/11/07/98547284.html?pageNumber=149 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193113/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/11/07/98547284.html?pageNumber=149 |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |quote=Some searching, though disclosed that in Washington Square Press Books, for instance, there's an astounding assortment, many of them books I'd recently paid several times the price for in hardcover: "Lorna Doone," "Huckleberry Finn," "Robinson Crusoe," etc. etc.}}</ref> In 1967, Simon & Schuster acquired Monarch Press Publishing, Inc., along with its extensive line of college and high school study guides published.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 5, 1967 |title=Simon & Schuster Adds Monarch Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/05/archives/simon-schuster-adds-monarch-line.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809130209/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/05/archives/simon-schuster-adds-monarch-line.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=20 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1960, Richard Simon died of a heart attack; six years later, Max Schuster retired and sold his half of Simon & Schuster to Leon Shimkin.<ref name="Another" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=William M. |date=December 21, 1970 |title=Max Lincoln Schuster, Editor and publisher, Dies |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/12/21/issue.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193114/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/12/21/issue.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=September 3, 2016 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Shimkin then merged Simon & Schuster with Pocket Books under the name of Simon & Schuster.<ref name="Another" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1968, editor-in-chief [[Robert Gottlieb]], who worked at Simon & Schuster since 1955 and edited several bestsellers including [[Joseph Heller]]'s ''[[Catch-22]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Michelle |date=September 27, 2016 |title=Robert Gottlieb: the editor who changed American literature |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/27/robert-gottlieb-editor-memoir-avid-readercatch-22-true-grit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193128/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/27/robert-gottlieb-editor-memoir-avid-readercatch-22-true-grit |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> left abruptly to work at competitor [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], taking other influential S&S employees, [[Nina Bourne]], and Tony Schulte.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirkpatrick |first=David D. |date=August 13, 2001 |title=The Man Who Will Edit Clinton; Legendary Figure Will Try to Elicit Meaningful Memoir |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/13/business/man-who-will-edit-clinton-legendary-figure-will-try-elicit-meaningful-memoir.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125033600/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/13/business/man-who-will-edit-clinton-legendary-figure-will-try-elicit-meaningful-memoir.html |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |access-date=January 28, 2017 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Another" />

Simon & Schuster was acquired by [[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf+Western]] in an 8-for-1 [[stock swap]] on January 28, 1975.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/29/archives/gw-to-acquire-a-book-publisher-simon-schuster-inc-had-been-the.html Koshetz, Herbert. "G.&W. to Acquire a Book Publisher", ''The New York Times'', Wednesday, January 29, 1975.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016235007/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/29/archives/gw-to-acquire-a-book-publisher-simon-schuster-inc-had-been-the.html |date=October 16, 2021 }} Retrieved October 16, 2021</ref> Four years later, in 1979, Richard Snyder was named CEO of the company. Over the next several years he would help the company to grow substantially.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=June 15, 1994 |title=Simon Schuster Boss Fired |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/06/15/simon-schuster-boss-fired/a2c1da0a-a371-43d3-90e4-16030c07ae05/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/06/15/simon-schuster-boss-fired/a2c1da0a-a371-43d3-90e4-16030c07ae05/ |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

=== 1980s ===
After the death of Gulf+Western head [[Charles Bluhdorn]] on February 19, 1983,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/obituaries/charles-g-bluhdorn-the-head-of-gulf-and-western-dies-at-56.html Blair, William G. "Charles G. Bluhdorn, the Head of Gulf and Western, Dies at 56", ''The New York Times'', Sunday, February 20, 1983]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101181846/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/obituaries/charles-g-bluhdorn-the-head-of-gulf-and-western-dies-at-56.html |date=January 1, 2023 }} Retrieved October 16, 2021.</ref> the company made the decision to diversify. Bluhdorn's successor Martin Davis told ''[[The New York Times]]'', "Society was undergoing dramatic changes so that there was a greater need for textbooks, maps, and educational information. We saw the opportunity to diversify into those areas, which are more stable and more profitable than trade publishing."<ref name=":1" />

In 1984, Simon & Schuster with CEO [[Richard E. Snyder]] acquired educational publisher Esquire Corporation, owner of companies including [[Allyn & Bacon]] (and former owner of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine), for $180 million.<ref name=":1" /> [[Prentice Hall]] was brought into the company fold in 1985 for more than $700&nbsp;million and was viewed by some executives to be a catalyst for change for the company as a whole.<ref name="Another" /><ref name=":1" /> This acquisition was followed by [[Silver Burdett]] in 1986,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Roger |date=June 30, 1991 |title=Profits – Dick Snyder's Ugly Word |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/30/business/profits-dick-snyder-s-ugly-word.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811065156/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/30/business/profits-dick-snyder-s-ugly-word.html |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> mapmaker [[Gousha]] in 1987 and Charles E. Simon in 1988.<ref name=":0" /> Part of the acquisition included educational publisher Allyn & Bacon which, according to then editor and chief [[Michael Korda]], became the "nucleus of S&S's educational and informational business".<ref name="Another" /> Three California educational companies were also purchased between 1988 and 1990{{snd}}Quercus, Fearon Education and Janus Book Publishers.<ref name=":1" /> In all, Simon & Schuster spent more than $1&nbsp;billion in acquisitions between 1983 and 1991.<ref name=":0" />

In the 1980s, Snyder also made an unsuccessful bid toward video publishing which was believed to have led to the company's success in the audiobook business. Snyder was dismayed to realize that Simon & Schuster did not own the video rights to ''Jane Fonda's Workout Book'', a huge bestseller at the time and that the video company producing the VHS was making more money on the video. This prompted Snyder to ask editors to obtain video rights for every new book. Agents were often reluctant to give these up{{snd}}which meant the S&S Video division never took off. Simon & Schuster launched its audiobook division in 1985.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title='Walden' on the freeway via classic cassette |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1122/faudio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219234214/https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1122/faudio.html |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |access-date=February 19, 2023 |via=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> According to Korda, audiobooks were a major business for Simon & Schuster by the 1990s.<ref name="Another" />

In 1989, Gulf and Western Inc., owner of Simon & Schuster, changed its name to Paramount Communications Inc.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 5, 1989 |title=Gulf and Western Switch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/business/gulf-and-western-switch.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901183500/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/business/gulf-and-western-switch.html |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===
In 1990, ''The New York Times'' described Simon & Schuster as the largest book publisher in the United States, with sales of $1.3 billion the previous year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mcdowell |first=Edwin |date=October 29, 1990 |title=The Media Business; Is Simon & Schuster Mellowing? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/29/business/the-media-business-is-simon-schuster-mellowing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125141917/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/29/business/the-media-business-is-simon-schuster-mellowing.html |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> That same year, Simon & Schuster acquired the children's publisher Green Tiger Press.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 1990 |title=Simon & Schuster Buys San Diego Firm |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-12-19-9004140818-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225081819/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-12-19-9004140818-story.html |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=May 15, 2018 |website=tribunedigital-chicagotribune}}</ref>

In 1993, Simon & Schuster bought [[Macmillan Inc.|Macmillan]] (including [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner's]], [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]], and Jossey-Bass), and changed its name to Paramount Publishing. [[Viacom (1971–2006)|Viacom]] then bought Paramount in 1994 and changed the name back to Simon & Schuster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/simon-schuster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429230212/https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/simon-schuster |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Viacom captures Paramount |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-02-16-1994047156-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430075728/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-02-16-1994047156-story.html |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun}}</ref> Macmillan was acquired for US$552.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 28, 1994 |title=Paramount completes acquisition of Macmillan |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/02/28/Paramount-completes-acquisition-of-Macmillan/4463762411600/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305210548/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/02/28/Paramount-completes-acquisition-of-Macmillan/4463762411600/ |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> Later that year, Snyder was suddenly fired from S&S and was replaced by the company's president and chief operating officer Jonathan Newcomb.<ref name="auto" /> Simon & Schuster then sold several peripheral assets, such as selling Charles E. Simon Co. to CDB Infotek.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 1994 |title=S&S sells two peripheral assets |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A15907600/LitRC?sid=googlescholar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193626/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&id=GALE%7CA15907600&v=2.1&it=r&sid=googlescholar&userGroupName=anon%7E4b3f4552&aty=open-web-entry |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Gousha was sold to [[Rand McNally]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Michele Kay |date=April 21, 1996 |title=Map Maker Folds – Company's demise disturbs Comfort |work=Austin American-Statesman |pages=–1 |issn=0199-8560}}</ref>

In 1994, S&S acquired the software operations of [[Markt+Technik]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 1994 |title=Paramount Buys Unit from Markt & Technik Verlag |url=https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/paramount_buys_unit_from_markt_technik_verlag_1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202034534/https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/paramount_buys_unit_from_markt_technik_verlag_1 |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |website=Tech Monitor}}</ref> Later that year, Simon & Schuster (through Paramount) launched a software publisher in partnership with [[Davidson & Associates]] named Simon & Schuster Interactive.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1994 |title=The Media Business; Software Plan for Paramount |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/13/business/the-media-business-software-plan-for-paramount.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051104/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/13/business/the-media-business-software-plan-for-paramount.html |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The studio published video games such as ''[[Outlaw Golf]]'', ''[[Deer Avenger]]'', ''[[I.M. Meen]]'', ''[[Chill Manor]]'', ''[[EVE Online]]'', and games based on [[Richard Scarry]]'s characters. S&S Interactive shut down in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Calvin |last2=Milliot |first2=Jim |date=November 3, 2003 |title=Dana Out, Lynch Up as S&S Interactive Closes |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20031103/17850-dana-out-lynch-up-as-s-amp-s-interactive-closes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214160046/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20031103/17850-dana-out-lynch-up-as-s-amp-s-interactive-closes.html |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

In 1998, Viacom sold Simon & Schuster's educational operations (including Prentice Hall, Macmillan, and Jossey-Bass) to [[Pearson plc]], the global publisher and then owner of Penguin and the ''[[Financial Times]]''; Pearson then merged the operations with [[Addison-Wesley]] [[Longman]] to form [[Pearson Education]]. Later, Pearson sold several of the acquired S&S divisions: first Appleton & Lange was divested to [[McGraw-Hill Education|McGraw-Hill]] and Master Data Central was sold to [[Master Data Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 24, 1999 |title=Pearson Sells Two Former S&S Units |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990524/32256-pearson-sells-two-former-s-amp-s-units.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004171359/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990524/32256-pearson-sells-two-former-s-amp-s-units.html |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Then, Jossey-Bass was sold to [[John Wiley & Sons]] and the Bureau of Business Practice was sold to [[Wolters Kluwer]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=May 31, 1999 |title=Wiley, Kluwer Acquire Two Pearson Units |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990531/35347-wiley-kluwer-acquire-two-pearson-units.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015060202/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990531/35347-wiley-kluwer-acquire-two-pearson-units.html |archive-date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Subsequently, Macmillan Library Reference's children's imprints (Silver Burdett Press, Dillon Press, Crestwood House, Silver Press, New Discovery and [[Julian Messner]]) were closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=May 31, 1999 |title=Six Macmillan Library Kids Imprints Closed |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990531/40646-six-macmillan-library-kids-imprints-closed.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015060507/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990531/40646-six-macmillan-library-kids-imprints-closed.html |archive-date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Then, [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] acquired Macmillan Library Reference (Charles Scribner's Sons Reference, Macmillan Reference, Thorndike Press, [[G. K. Hall & Co.|G.K. Hall]], Twayne Publishers and Schirmer Books).<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 1999 |title=Macmillan Library Units to Join Gale |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990628/34076-macmillan-library-units-to-join-gale.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004171406/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990628/34076-macmillan-library-units-to-join-gale.html |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Finally, [[IDG Books]] acquired Macmillan General Reference (including [[Frommer's]], [[Jacob K. Lasser|J.K. Lasser]], [[Betty Crocker]] Cookbooks, [[WW International|Weight Watchers]] Dieting and Cookbooks and Howell House Pet Books but excluding [[Complete Idiot's Guides]], which Pearson later transferred to Macmillan Computer Publishing under [[Alpha Books]] and currently part of [[Penguin Random House]] under [[DK (publisher)|Dorling Kindersley]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Milliot |first1=Jim |last2=Baker |first2=John F. |date=July 5, 1999 |title=IDG Books Buys Macmillan General Reference |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990705/24783-idg-books-buys-macmillan-general-reference.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005040515/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19990705/24783-idg-books-buys-macmillan-general-reference.html |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Katie |date=August 27, 2013 |title=Dorling Kindersley relaunches Idiot's Guide series |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dorling-kindersley-relaunches-idiots-guide-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004152439/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dorling-kindersley-relaunches-idiots-guide-series |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref>

=== 2000s ===
In 2002, Simon & Schuster acquired its Canadian distributor Distican.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=November 25, 2002 |title=Simon & Schuster To Acquire Distican |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20021125/41073-simon-amp-schuster-to-acquire-distican.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050356/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20021125/41073-simon-amp-schuster-to-acquire-distican.html |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |access-date=January 1, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Simon & Schuster began publishing in Canada in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Leigh Anne |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Opportunity Knocks: Focus on Canada 2013 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/59172-opportunity-knocks-focus-on-canada-2013.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910010729/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/59172-opportunity-knocks-focus-on-canada-2013.html |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |access-date=January 1, 2019 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

At the end of 2005, Viacom split into two companies: [[CBS Corporation]] (which inherited S&S and [[Paramount Parks]]), and the other retaining the [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] name.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bloomberg News |date=January 2, 2006 |title=Viacom Completes Split into 2 Companies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/business/media/viacom-completes-split-into-2-companies.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912210207/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/business/media/viacom-completes-split-into-2-companies.html |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Also in 2005, Simon & Schuster acquired Strebor Books International, which was founded in 1999 by author Kristina Laferne Roberts, who has written under the pseudonym "Zane".<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{Cite web |title=Strebor Books International LLC: Private Company Information |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22674891 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171614/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22674891 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=DeNeen L. |date=February 4, 2014 |title=Bestselling author Zane faces financial mess worthy of a plot twist in her steamy novels |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bestselling-author-zane-faces-financial-mess-worthy-of-a-plot-twist-in-her-steamy-novels/2014/02/04/dab11bc2-8ad5-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204555/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bestselling-author-zane-faces-financial-mess-worthy-of-a-plot-twist-in-her-steamy-novels/2014/02/04/dab11bc2-8ad5-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> A year later, in 2006, Simon & Schuster launched the conservative imprint [[Threshold Editions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Threshold Editions {{!}} Home |url=http://simonandschusterpublishing.com/threshold-editions/#mission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215020255/http://simonandschusterpublishing.com/threshold-editions/#mission |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2016 |website=Simon & Schuster}}</ref>

In 2009, Simon & Schuster signed a multi-book and co-publishing deal with [[Glenn Beck]] which fell over many of its imprints and included adult non-fiction, fiction, children, and YA literature as well as e-book and audiobook originals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andriani |first=Lynn |date=May 4, 2009 |title=Glenn Beck Signs Multi-Book Deal with Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/7528-glenn-beck-signs-multi-book-deal-with-simon-amp-schuster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101091554/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/7528-glenn-beck-signs-multi-book-deal-with-simon-amp-schuster.html |archive-date=January 1, 2017 |access-date=January 1, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> As part of CBS, Simon & Schuster has been the primary publisher for books related to various media franchises owned by and/or aired on CBS such as [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maeda |first=Martha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKhzMRpiDwUC&q=As+part+of+CBS%2C+Simon+&pg=PA29 |title=Book Publishing 101: Inside Information to Getting Your First Book Or Novel Published |date=2014 |publisher=Atlantic Publishing Company |isbn=978-1601385642 |language=en |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193746/https://books.google.com/books?id=dKhzMRpiDwUC&q=As+part+of+CBS%2C+Simon+&pg=PA29#v=snippet&q=As%20part%20of%20CBS%2C%20Simon&f=false |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The company has also held a license to publish books in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise under [[Pocket Books]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=For Star Trek Books, the Voyage Shows No Sign of Stopping |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/70867-for-star-trek-books-the-voyage-shows-no-sign-of-stopping.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203055910/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/70867-for-star-trek-books-the-voyage-shows-no-sign-of-stopping.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===
In 2011, Simon & Schuster signed a number of co-publishing deals. Glenn Beck signed a new co-publishing deal with Simon & Schuster for his own imprint, [[TheBlaze|Mercury Ink]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Glenn Beck Re-Ups with S&S; Launches New Imprint |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/47483-glenn-beck-re-ups-with-s-s-launches-new-imprint.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230232421/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/47483-glenn-beck-re-ups-with-s-s-launches-new-imprint.html |archive-date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2016 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Under Atria, Simon & Schuster also launched a publishing venture with [[Cash Money Records]] called Cash Money Content.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 2011 |title=Baby And Slim Celebrate Their New Publishing Venture, Cash Money Content [Photos] |url=https://hiphopwired.com/93175/baby-and-slim-celebrate-their-new-publishing-venture-cash-money-content-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184309/http://hiphopwired.com/93175/baby-and-slim-celebrate-their-new-publishing-venture-cash-money-content-photos/ |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2017 |work=Hip-Hop Wired}}</ref>

On April 11, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed ''[[United States v. Apple (2012)|United States v. Apple Inc.]]'', naming [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], Simon & Schuster, and four other major publishers as defendants.  The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for [[e-books]], and weaken [[Amazon.com]]'s position in the market, in violation of [[United States antitrust law|antitrust law]].<ref name="washington post DOJ sues">{{Cite news |last1=Mu |first1=Ylan Q. |last2=Tsukayama |first2=Hayley |date=April 11, 2012 |title=Justice Department sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/justice-department-files-suit-against-apple-publishers-report-says/2012/04/11/gIQAzyXSAT_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074356/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/justice-department-files-suit-against-apple-publishers-report-says/2012/04/11/gIQAzyXSAT_story.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Simon & Schuster reorganized all of their imprints under four main groups in 2012.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |title=S&S Reorganizes Adult Group; Levin to Leave Free Press |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/54477-s-s-reorganizes-adult-group-levin-to-leave-free-press.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118035754/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/54477-s-s-reorganizes-adult-group-levin-to-leave-free-press.html |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> The four groups included the Atria Publishing Group, the Scribner Publishing Group, the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group and the Gallery Publishing Group.<ref name=":9" /> According to CEO [[Carolyn Reidy]], the divisions were created to align imprints that complement one another and that the structure would "lead to a sharper editorial focus for our imprints even as it takes consideration of the natural affinities among them."<ref name=":9" /> In 2012, Simon & Schuster launched a self-publishing arm of the company, Archway Publishing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archway Publishing, Self Publishing Company from Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811074824/https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |website=Archway Publishing}}</ref>

On November 14, 2013, Simon & Schuster signed a co-publishing agreement with former [[New York Yankees]] shortstop, [[Derek Jeter]], to launch Jeter Publishing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bosman |first=Julie |date=November 14, 2013 |title=Jeter Prepares to Turn a Page and Publish Many Others |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/sports/baseball/next-chapter-in-jeters-career-book-publishing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718045245/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/sports/baseball/next-chapter-in-jeters-career-book-publishing.html |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which Simon & Schuster and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing.<ref name="usatoday settlements rolling out">{{Cite news |last=Molina |first=Brett |date=March 25, 2014 |title=E-book price fixing settlements rolling out |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/03/25/amazon-settlements-ebooks/6869033/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617224533/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/03/25/amazon-settlements-ebooks/6869033/ |archive-date=June 17, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2014 |work=USA Today}}</ref>

In 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a partnership deal with Amazon over ebooks and also launched a new speculative fiction imprint. On October 21, 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a multi-year partnership deal with [[Amazon.com]] in negotiations concerning the price of e-books.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Amazon signs multi-year deal with Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-deals-idUSKCN0I92A520141020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021061034/https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/20/us-amazon-com-deals-idUSKCN0I92A520141020 |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Simon & Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |title=S&S Launching New SF Imprint, Simon451 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/60646-s-s-launching-new-sf-imprint-simon451.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716084817/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/60646-s-s-launching-new-sf-imprint-simon451.html |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> The name of the imprint was inspired by [[Ray Bradbury]]'s book ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' (the temperature at which books burn).<ref name=":11" /> Bradbury's classic is also published by Simon & Schuster.<ref name=":11" />

Simon & Schuster expanded beyond book publishing in 2015 by offering a new business model and additional services for authors. In 2015, Simon & Schuster announced the creation of a new publishing unit and imprint called North Star Way.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |title=Introducing North Star Way: A New Platform-Based, Client-Centric Approach to Publishing from Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.bookbusinessmag.com/article/introducing-north-start-way-a-new-platform-based-client-centric-approach-publishing-simon-schuster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015035019/http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/article/introducing-north-start-way-a-new-platform-based-client-centric-approach-publishing-simon-schuster/ |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |work=Book Business}}</ref> The imprint would publish non-fiction titles such as self-improvement, inspirational and mind-body-spirit titles. In addition, the group would also serve as a platform and set of services for authors that go beyond what a traditional book publisher offers to find their audience.<ref name=":10" /> The services include helping authors expand their reach through online courses, seminars, workshops, mobile applications, video and audiobooks, sponsorships and business partnerships, and podcasts. North Star Way sits within the [[Gallery Publishing Group]] division.<ref name=":10" /> According to Michele Martin, publisher and founder, the name North Star reflects their mission, "to publish books that will help readers find the path to a better life, and to be a guide for our authors, not only through publication of their books but also in the many other activities that can help their message find the widest possible audience."<ref>{{Cite web |title=S&S launches audience-building unit for authors in US {{!}} The Bookseller |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ss-launches-audience-building-unit-authors-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412042126/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ss-launches-audience-building-unit-authors-us |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'', Michele Martin expanded that North Star Way, "aims to meet consumers where they are, in whatever form of media they consume. We expand the ideas in the books into a variety of platforms."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Q&A: Michele Martin of North Star Way/Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/michele-martin-north-star/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112121714/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/michele-martin-north-star/ |archive-date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}}</ref> The name prompted [[Marvel Comics]] to attempt to register the name of their superhero [[Northstar (Marvel Comics)|Northstar]] in February 2015. The application was denied as Simon & Schuster had already made a trademark application for North Star Way in January.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2015 |title=Trademark Office Suspends Marvel's Registration Of 'Northstar' |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/05/trademark-office-suspends-marvels-registration-of-northstar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217071143/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/08/05/trademark-office-suspends-marvels-registration-of-northstar/ |archive-date=December 17, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |website=Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News}}</ref>

Simon & Schuster launched SimonSays.com a portal for online video courses in 2016, along with Scout Press, a new literary fiction imprint under Gallery Books Group. They also launched North Star Way, a platform-based program to provide authors with services beyond publishing including brand management, online courses, sponsorship, and business partnerships.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |title=Global Publishing Leaders 2016: Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71336-global-publishing-leaders-2016-simon-schuster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725184015/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71336-global-publishing-leaders-2016-simon-schuster.html |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=January 1, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> Also as of 2016, Simon & Schuster had more than 18k e-books available for sale and signed a deal to distribute Start Publishing LLC, a catalog of 7,000 e-book titles.<ref name=":4" />

In 2019, CBS and Viacom reunited to form ViacomCBS. As a result, Simon & Schuster became part of the newly formed ViacomCBS.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Edmund |date=August 13, 2019 |title=CBS and Viacom to Reunite in Victory for Shari Redstone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/business/cbs-viacom-merger.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813182004/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/business/cbs-viacom-merger.html |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Since February 15, 2022, ViacomCBS is known as [[Paramount Global]].

=== 2020s ===
In March 2020, ViacomCBS CEO [[Robert Bakish|Bob Bakish]] announced the company's intention to sell the Simon & Schuster division, as it "does not have significant connection for our broader business."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baysinger |first=Tim |date=March 4, 2020 |title=ViacomCBS to Sell Publisher Simon and Schuster |url=https://www.thewrap.com/viacomcbs-to-sell-publisher-simon-and-schuster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818021821/https://www.thewrap.com/viacomcbs-to-sell-publisher-simon-and-schuster/ |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref> Bakish expected the sale to close in 2020, a date that was delayed by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arbel |first=Tali |title=Publisher Simon & Schuster for sale, not 'core' to ViacomCBS |url=https://apnews.com/article/tv-stephen-king-us-news-bob-woodward-publishing-d3e20413c30a73bdfce635db96ed176f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429114738/https://apnews.com/article/tv-stephen-king-us-news-bob-woodward-publishing-d3e20413c30a73bdfce635db96ed176f |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |publisher=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=March 26, 2020 |title=ViacomCBS Has Received 25 Inquires About Buying Simon & Schuster Since It Flagged Intention To Sell Publisher |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/viacomcbs-has-received-25-inquires-about-buying-simon-schuster-since-it-flagged-intention-to-sell-publisher-1202893051/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326225929/https://deadline.com/2020/03/viacomcbs-has-received-25-inquires-about-buying-simon-schuster-since-it-flagged-intention-to-sell-publisher-1202893051/ |archive-date=March 26, 2020 |access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>

In September 2020, German media group [[Bertelsmann]], which owns [[Penguin Random House]], announced that it was interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster. According to Bertelsmann chief executive and chairman [[Thomas Rabe (manager)|Thomas Rabe]], "We've been the most active player on the consolidation of the book publishing market in the last 10 years. We combined [[Penguin Group|Penguin]] and [[Random House]] very successfully to create by far the largest book publisher in the world, actually the only global book publisher. Given this position we would, of course, be interested in Simon & Schuster."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Alex |last2=Solomon |first2=Erika |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Bertelsmann joins race to acquire Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.ft.com/content/21ab70c7-4a12-44ff-acaa-acf87ea6edaf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903053411/https://www.ft.com/content/21ab70c7-4a12-44ff-acaa-acf87ea6edaf |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>

[[Vivendi]], which owns the French publisher [[Editis]], and [[News Corp]], which owns [[HarperCollins]], were also named as contenders in acquiring Simon & Schuster. [[Paramount Global|ViacomCBS]] expected the bids to be placed before November 26, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Simon & Schuster Bids Due By Thanksgiving; News Corp., Bertelsmann, Vivendi Contenders For ViacomCBS Publisher |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/harpercollins-bertelsmann-vivendi-contenders-for-simon-schuster-bids-viacomcbs-publisher-thanksgiving-1234617076/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308172833/https://deadline.com/2020/11/harpercollins-bertelsmann-vivendi-contenders-for-simon-schuster-bids-viacomcbs-publisher-thanksgiving-1234617076/ |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021}}</ref>

On November 25, 2020, ViacomCBS announced it would sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for $2.175 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Alter |first1=Alexandra |last2=Lee |first2=Edmund |date=November 25, 2020 |title=Penguin Random House to Buy Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/books/simon-schuster-penguin-random-house.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218105141/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/books/simon-schuster-penguin-random-house.html |archive-date=December 18, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=November 25, 2020 |title=ViacomCBS sells Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for $2 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/viacomcbs-sells-simon-schuster-to-penguin-random-house-for-2-billion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215429/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/viacomcbs-sells-simon-schuster-to-penguin-random-house-for-2-billion.html |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |website=CNBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Busvine |first=Douglas |last2=Lauer |first2=Klaus |date=November 25, 2020 |title=Bertelsmann buys Simon & Schuster for $2.2 billion in U.S. publishing play |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-viacomcbs-m-a-bertelsmann-idUSKBN2851E6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504044948/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-viacomcbs-m-a-bertelsmann-idUSKBN2851E6 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> The deal was expected to close in 2022, but was blocked by US federal judge [[Florence Y. Pan]] on October 31, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Alter |first1=Alexandra |last2=Harris |first2=Elizabeth A. |date=October 31, 2022 |title=Judge Blocks a Merger of Big Publishers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122173104/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster.html |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |access-date=October 31, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> An appeal to the court ruling was announced a day later by Bertelsmann,<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2022 |title=Bertelsmann Plans to Appeal Court Ruling on Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster Merger |url=https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-plans-to-appeal-court-ruling-on-penguin-random-house-simon-and-schuster-merger.jsp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122194904/https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-plans-to-appeal-court-ruling-on-penguin-random-house-simon-and-schuster-merger.jsp |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Bertelsmann}}</ref> but it was ultimately canceled on November 21.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Bertelsmann Will Drive Growth of Penguin Random House Without Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-will-drive-growth-of-penguin-random-house-without-simon-and-schuster.jsp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122194904/https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-will-drive-growth-of-penguin-random-house-without-simon-and-schuster.jsp |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Bertelsmann}}</ref>

In 2021, Simon & Schuster made book deals with former Trump administration officials such as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]] and Trump adviser [[Kellyanne Conway]]. This prompted protests among Simon & Schuster staff.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Alter |first2=Alexandra |date=April 27, 2021 |title='There Is a Tension There': Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/books/publishing-trump-conservatives-kellyanne-conway.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/books/publishing-trump-conservatives-kellyanne-conway.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Trachtenberg |first=Jeffrey A. |date=April 26, 2021 |title=Simon & Schuster Employees Submit Petition Demanding No Deals With Trump Administration Authors |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/simon-schuster-employees-submit-petition-demanding-no-deals-with-trump-administration-authors-11619449307 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428214401/https://www.wsj.com/articles/simon-schuster-employees-submit-petition-demanding-no-deals-with-trump-administration-authors-11619449307 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Thousands of supporters join staff at Mike Pence's publisher in campaign against book deal |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/27/simon-and-schuster-staff-campaign-against-book-deal-mike-pence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520193749/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/27/simon-and-schuster-staff-campaign-against-book-deal-mike-pence |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> On November 2, 2021, the [[United States Department of Justice]] filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster. The lawsuit argues that the acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2021 |title=Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House's Acquisition of Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-sues-to-block-penguin-random-houses-acquisition-of-simon-schuster-11635866422 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152345/https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-sues-to-block-penguin-random-houses-acquisition-of-simon-schuster-11635866422 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=November 2, 2021 |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> A federal judge sided with the plaintiff, leading Paramount to nullify the deal in November 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 21, 2022 |title=A Huge Merger's Collapse Breaks a Pattern of Consolidation in Publishing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126002132/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-deal.html |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Simon & Schuster employee Filippo Bernardini was arrested for the [[2016–2021 literary phishing thefts]]. The company released a statement saying they were "shocked and horrified to learn today of the allegations of fraud and identity theft by an employee."<ref name="peiserWAPO6jan2022">{{Cite news |last=Peiser |first=Jaclyn |date=January 6, 2022 |title=An elusive thief stole hundreds of book manuscripts in an online scam. The culprit is an industry insider, FBI says. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/06/filippo-bernardini-arrest-stolen-book-manuscripts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106172436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/06/filippo-bernardini-arrest-stolen-book-manuscripts/ |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

In June 2023, ''The Wall Street Journal'' reported that HarperCollins and investment firm [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (KKR) had emerged as potential frontrunners for the company.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Toonkel |first1=Jessica |last2=Trachtenberg |first2=Jeffrey A. |date=June 15, 2023 |title=HarperCollins, KKR Emerge as Bidders for Book Publisher Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/harpercollins-and-kkr-emerge-as-bidders-for-book-publisher-simon-schuster-9e2a7fc5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803031121/https://www.wsj.com/articles/harpercollins-and-kkr-emerge-as-bidders-for-book-publisher-simon-schuster-9e2a7fc5 |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> On August 3, 2023, it was reported that KKR was in "advanced talks" with Paramount Global.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nicolaou |first1=Anna |last2=Gara |first2=Antoine |date=August 3, 2023 |title=KKR in talks to buy publisher Simon & Schuster for more than $1.6bn |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8caf5427-c383-44ca-8330-50caab7280d5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804004120/https://www.ft.com/content/8caf5427-c383-44ca-8330-50caab7280d5 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |last2=Harris |first2=Elizabeth A. |last3=Hirsch |first3=Lauren |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Bidding for Simon & Schuster Draws to a Close |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/books/paramount-sale-simon-schuster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803031115/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/books/paramount-sale-simon-schuster.html |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On August 7, 2023, Paramount Global announced that it had agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to KKR for $1.62 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=August 7, 2023 |title=It's Official: Paramount Global Sells Simon & Schuster To KKR For $1.62 Billion In Cash |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/simon-and-schuster-paramount-global-kkr-book-publishing-1235454726/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807160835/https://deadline.com/2023/08/simon-and-schuster-paramount-global-kkr-book-publishing-1235454726/ |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The sale was completed on October 30, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth |date=October 30, 2023 |title=KKR Closes Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/books/kkr-simon-schuster-sale.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030210527/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/books/kkr-simon-schuster-sale.html |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=October 30, 2023 |title=KKR Completes Purchase of Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/93612-kkr-completes-purchase-of-simon-schuster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031025705/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/93612-kkr-completes-purchase-of-simon-schuster.html |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>

In May 2024, Simon & Schuster acquired [[Veen Bosch & Keuning]] (VBK), the largest Dutch book publishing company. The acquisition includes all of VBK's imprints in the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as its sister companies, the audiobook producer [https://www.thinium.nl/ Thinium], and [https://www.pluimen.nl/boeken-lidmaatschap-van-bookchoice?language=en Bookchoice], a subscription-based platform for e-books and audiobooks. This is the first expansion of Simon & Schuster into a non-English market.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2024 |title=Global Publisher Simon & Schuster Acquires Dutch Book Publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning, Reinforcing its International Ambitions |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240503806853/en/Global-Publisher-Simon-Schuster-Acquires-Dutch-Book-Publisher-Veen-Bosch-Keuning-Reinforcing-its-International-Ambitions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517064542/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240503806853/en/Global-Publisher-Simon-Schuster-Acquires-Dutch-Book-Publisher-Veen-Bosch-Keuning-Reinforcing-its-International-Ambitions |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref> In September 2024, it was announced that Simon & Schuster Australia had entered an agreement to acquire publisher [[Affirm Press]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2024-08-26 |title=Simon & Schuster Australia Acquires Affirm Press |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/08/simon-schuster-australia-acquires-affirm-press/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}</ref>

== People ==
=== Editors and publishers ===
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* Clifton Fadiman Jr., editor-in-chief<ref name="Another" />
* Jack Goodman, editor-in-chief<ref name="Another" />
* [[Jerome Weidman]], editor-in-chief<ref name="Another" />
* Joe Barnes, editor-in-chief<ref name="Another" />
* [[Justin Kaplan]]<ref name="Another" />
* [[M. Lincoln Schuster|Max Schuster]] (editor-in-chief)<ref name="Another" />
* [[Michael Korda]] (editor-in-chief)<ref name="Another" />
* [[Quincy Howe]] (editor-in-chief)
* [[Robert Gottlieb]]<ref name="Another" />
* [[Peter Schwed]]<ref name="Another" />
* Wallace Brockway (editor-in-chief)<ref name="Another" />
* [[William Rossa Cole|William Cole]]
* Maxwell Perkins
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=== Authors ===
Simon & Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors. This list represents some of the more notable authors (those who are culturally significant or have had several bestsellers, meaning they have sold at least 3,000 books).

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* [[Andrew Solomon]]
* [[Annie Proulx]]
* [[Audrey Niffenegger]]
* [[Bob Woodward]]
* [[Britney Spears]]
* [[Carrie Fisher]]
* [[Chapo Trap House]]
* [[Cornelius Ryan]]
* [[Dan Brown]]
* [[David McCullough]]
* [[Dick Cheney]]
* [[Donald Trump]]
* [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]]
* [[Doris Lessing]]
* [[Ernest Hemingway]]
* [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
* [[Frank McCourt]]
* [[Glenn Beck]]
* [[Kayleigh McEnany]]
* [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]
* [[Harold Robbins]]
* [[Hendrik Willem van Loon]]
* [[Hillary Clinton]]
* [[Howard Stern]]
* [[Hunter S. Thompson]]
* [[Jack Paar]]
* [[Jackie Collins]]
* [[James Riley (writer)|James Riley]]
* [[Janet Evanovich]]
* [[Jimmy Carter]]
* [[Pinky Cole]]
* [[Jodi Picoult]]
* [[John Bolton]]
* [[John Irving]]
* [[Joseph Heller]]
* [[Jennette McCurdy]]
* [[Judith Rossner]]
* [[Kay Thompson]]
* [[Larry McMurtry]]
* [[Lana Del Rey]]
* [[Maddox (writer)|Maddox]]
* [[Mark R. Levin]]
* [[Mary Higgins Clark]]
* [[P. G. Wodehouse]]
* [[Peter Hook]]
* [[Philippa Gregory]]
* [[R. L. Stine]]
* [[Sandra Brown]]
* [[Shel Silverstein]]
* [[Siddhartha Mukherjee]]
* [[Sister Souljah]]
* [[Stephen E. Ambrose]]
* [[Stephen King]]
* [[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]]
* [[Thomas Wolfe]]
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
* [[Vikas Swarup]]
* [[Walter Isaacson]]
* [[Zoella]]
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== Logo ==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:simonschuster.png|thumb|right|150 px|"The Sower", Simon & Schuster logo, {{circa}}&nbsp;1961]] -->

According to one source, The Sower, the logo of Simon & Schuster, was inspired by the 1850 [[The Sower (Millet)|painting of the same name]] by [[Jean-François Millet]].<ref>Larson, Kay (April 16, 1984). "Poet of Peasants". ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''.</ref> According to [[Michael Korda]], the colophon is a small reproduction of ''The Sower'' by Sir [[John Everett Millais]].<ref name="simon">[https://www.simonandschuster.biz/content/feature.cfm?feature_id=5790&tab=1 Business Timeline] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916062640/http://www.simonandschuster.biz/content/feature.cfm?feature_id=5790&tab=1|date=September 16, 2009}}</ref>

== Imprints ==
=== Adult publishing ===
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* Adams Media,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=John |date=November 15, 2016 |title=S&S to Acquire Adams Media |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/72041-s-s-to-acquire-adams-media.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413154348/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/72041-s-s-to-acquire-adams-media.html |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |publisher=PWxyz LLC |location=United States |issn=0000-0019}}</ref> located in [[Avon, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adams Media |url=https://www.manta.com/c/mmlk113/adams-media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234700/http://www.manta.com/c/mmlk113/adams-media |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |website=Manta |publisher=Manta Media, Inc. |location=Columbus, Ohio}}</ref>
* [[Atria Publishing Group]]<ref name=":4"/>
** [[37 INK]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 29, 2013 |title=New Davis Imprint Named 37 Ink |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/58025-new-davis-imprint-named-37-ink.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116190350/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/58025-new-davis-imprint-named-37-ink.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2014 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |publisher=PWxyz LLC |location=United States |issn=0000-0019}}</ref> publisher of African-American and other diverse voices
** [[Atria Publishing Group|Atria Books]], general publisher
** [[Atria Español]], publisher of Spanish language books with a focus on United States Spanish speakers
** [[Atria Unbound]], general publisher of ebook editions of Atria
** [[Beyond Words Publishing]] co-venture with Atria specializing in the mind-body-spirit category
** [[Cash Money Content]], a co-venture with [[Cash Money Records]]
** [[Emily Bestler Books]], publisher of fiction and non-fiction
** [[Enliven Books]], publisher of spiritual and wellness books
** [[Howard Books]],<ref name=":4" /> publisher of Christian books
** [[Keywords Press]], publisher of books by Internet personalities<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=May 21, 2014 |title=Media Companies Join to Extend the Brands of YouTube Stars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/business/media/media-companies-join-to-extend-the-brands-of-youtube-stars.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302051148/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/business/media/media-companies-join-to-extend-the-brands-of-youtube-stars.html |archive-date=March 2, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522}}</ref>
** [[Marble Arch Press]], co-publishing agreement with the United Kingdom publisher Short Books
** [[Atria Publishing Group|One Signal Publishers]], nonfiction publisher founded by [[Julia Cheiffetz]]
** [[Atria Publishing Group|Simon Element]], publishes nonfiction books addressing foundational topics.
** [[Strebor Books International]], publisher of African-American books as well as Black Erotica
** Washington Square Press, paperback publisher of classic and contemporary fiction<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Imprints {{!}} Atria Books |url=http://atria-books.com/our-imprints.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116163820/http://atria-books.com/our-imprints.html |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |website=atria-books.com}}</ref>
* Avid Reader Press<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Introducing Avid Reader Press, A New Imprint from Simon & Schuster |url=https://about.simonandschuster.biz/news/avid-reader-press/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005194347/https://about.simonandschuster.biz/news/avid-reader-press/ |archive-date=October 5, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |website=Simon & Schuster}}</ref>
* Gallery Books Group<ref name=":4" />
** [[Gallery Books]], general interest publisher
** [[Karen Hunter|Karen Hunter Publishing]], general interest imprint founded by journalist Karen Hunter
** [[Mercury Ink]], co-publishing deal with Glenn Beck and Mercury Radio Arts
** [[Gallery Publishing Group|MTV Entertainment Books]] (formerly MTV Books), young adult and pop-culture imprint
** [[North Star Way Books]], inspirational non-fiction imprint with additional services for authors
** [[Pocket Books]],<ref name=":4" /> mass market imprint of the Gallery Publishing Group
** [[Gallery Publishing Group|Pocket Star]], e-book only imprint of the Gallery Publishing Group
** [[Scout Press]], publisher of literary fiction
** [[Threshold Editions]],<ref name=":4" /> conservative imprint
** Twelve, an imprint that publishes each book with a month-long launch<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2017 |title=About Twelve |url=https://www.twelvebooks.com/imprint/grand-central-publishing/twelve/page/about-twelve/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414033435/https://www.twelvebooks.com/imprint/grand-central-publishing/twelve/page/about-twelve/ |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>
** Gallery 13, a graphic novel imprint<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gallery Books Unveils New Graphic Books Line |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/70950-s-s-gallery-books-unveils-gallery-13-graphic-books-line.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024025418/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/70950-s-s-gallery-books-unveils-gallery-13-graphic-books-line.html? |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>
* [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]<ref name=":4" />
** Scribner, publisher of fiction and non-fiction books
* Simon & Schuster (the flagship imprint)<ref name=":4" />
** [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], publishes print and ebooks of Shakespeare works
** Simon451, publisher of speculative fiction and fantasy
** Saga Press (specializes in science fiction and fantasy)<ref name=":4" />
** Summit Books (first incarnation operated by James H. Silberman 1976–1991, revived in 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fein |first=Esther B. |date=December 4, 1991 |title=Book Notes; Summit May Fold as Dismissed Founder Moves to Little, Brown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/04/news/book-notes-summit-may-fold-as-dismissed-founder-moves-to-little-brown.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230031836/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/04/news/book-notes-summit-may-fold-as-dismissed-founder-moves-to-little-brown.html |archive-date=December 30, 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |title=Little, Brown's Judy Clain Is Moving to S&S to Relaunch Summit Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/93923-little-brown-s-judy-clain-is-moving-to-s-s-to-relaunch-summit-books.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Sophia |title=Summit Books Rises Again |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/94493-summit-books-rises-again.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
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=== Children's publishing ===
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* [[Aladdin Paperbacks|Aladdin]], publisher of picture and chapter books for middle-grade readers
* [[Atheneum Books|Atheneum]], publisher of literary middle grade, teen and picture books
* Beach Lane Books,<ref name=":4" /> publisher of picture books, founded in 2008 and located in [[San Diego]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beach Lane Books {{!}} Home |url=http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/beach-lane/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810013039/http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/beach-lane/ |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>
* [[BFYR]]<ref name=":4" />{{cite web |title=Childrens publisher. |url=https://www.simonandschuster.biz/m/bfyr/books-for-young-readers-team}}</ref>publisher of children's books
* [[Little Simon]],<ref name=":4" /> publisher of children's books
* Margaret K. McElderry Books,<ref name=":4" /> boutique imprint publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction for children and teens
* MTV Books, pop culture imprint relaunched in 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christian Trimmer to Head Relaunch of MTV Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/85292-christian-trimmer-to-head-relaunch-of-mtv-books.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216225521/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/85292-christian-trimmer-to-head-relaunch-of-mtv-books.html |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
* Paula Wiseman Books,<ref name=":4" /> publisher of picture books, novelty books and novels for children
* Salaam Reads, imprint for Muslim children's literature by Simon & Schuster's Children's Division<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |date=February 24, 2016 |title=Simon & Schuster Creates Imprint for Muslim-Themed Children's Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/business/media/simon-schuster-creates-imprint-for-muslim-themed-childrens-books.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227062240/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/business/media/simon-schuster-creates-imprint-for-muslim-themed-childrens-books.html |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=February 27, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,<ref name=":4" /> flagship imprint of Simon & Schuster's Children's Division
* Simon Spotlight,<ref name=":4" /> publisher focused on licensed properties for children
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=== Audio ===
* [[Pimsleur Language Programs]], language courses
* Simon & Schuster Audio, Audio division of Simon & Schuster

=== Former imprints ===
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* Archway (children's imprint of Pocket Books, merged into [[Aladdin Paperbacks]])<ref name="catching up" />
* Bookthrift (Inexpensive reprints, discontinued)
* Earthlight (UK science fiction imprint, discontinued)
* Downtown Press (women's fiction, discontinued)
* Fireside Books
* [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]]<ref name=":4" />
* Green Tiger Press
* Half Moon Books
* Inner Sanctum Mysteries
* Linden Press
* Long Shadow Books
* Minstrel Books (children's imprint of Pocket Books, merged into [[Aladdin Paperbacks]]<ref name="catching up">{{Cite journal |last1=Roback |first1=Diane |last2=Britton |first2=Jason |date=March 11, 2002 |title=Catching up: a look at recent changes in children's publishing. (Children's Books) |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?p=LitRC&sw=w&issn=00000019&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA84153137&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |url-status=live |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=249 |issue=10 |pages=27–30 |issn=0000-0019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726011032/https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?p=LitRC&sw=w&issn=00000019&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA84153137&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>)
* [[Poseidon Press]] (operated 1982–1993)
* Richard Gallen Books
* Simon & Schuster Interactive (1995–2003)
* Simon Pulse, publisher of teen books, launched in 1999 as Pocket Pulse and renamed in 2001<ref>{{Cite journal |date=May 10, 1999 |title=New Teen Imprint From Pocket |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?p=LitRC&sw=w&issn=00000019&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA54649710&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |url-status=live |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=246 |issue=19 |pages=30–31 |issn=0000-0019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726005509/https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?p=LitRC&sw=w&issn=00000019&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA54649710&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="catching up" />
* Sonnet Books
* Tiller Press (specializes in "practical nonfiction": diet, wellness, home design.)
* Touchstone, Touchstone Books (closed December 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vilarello |first=Meredith |date=December 2018 |title=Touchstone Books |url=https://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/touchstone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227132846/https://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/touchstone/ |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |website=Simon & Schuster |quote=Touchstone is no longer publishing new titles as of December 2018.}}</ref>
* Wallaby Books
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== See also ==
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* The other "Big Five" English language book publishers: [[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]], [[Holtzbrinck Publishing Group|Holtzbrinck]]/[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]], [[HarperCollins]] and [[Penguin Random House]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Who Are 'The Big Six'? |url=http://www.fictionmatters.com/2010/03/05/who-are-%E2%80%9Cthe-big-six%E2%80%9D/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509171909/http://www.fictionmatters.com/2010/03/05/who-are-%E2%80%9Cthe-big-six%E2%80%9D/ |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |access-date=January 16, 2014 |publisher=Fiction Matters}}</ref>
* [[Books in the United States]]
* [[List of largest book publishers of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Media of New York City]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* "Simon & Schuster Inc." ''International Directory of Company Histories''. 4:671–672.
* "Simon & Schuster Inc." ''International Directory of Company Histories''. 19:403–405.
* {{Cite book |last=Korda |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/anotherlifememoi00kord |title=Another Life: A Memoir of Other People |publisher=Random House |year=1999 |isbn=0-679-45659-7 |location=United States |url-access=registration}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.simonandschuster.com/}}

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