Simon & Schuster Archives

Retro: Simon and Schuster announces New YA Thriller Novel
In Retro, what starts off as a light-hearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this page-turning young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía Lapuente. "Retro" cover art: Simon & Schuster "Retro" co-author Jarrod Shusterman, Photo Credit: Diego Bravo It was[...]
WWE The New Day: Power Of Positivity Review – Maintains Kayfabe
It's tough to square the by-the-numbers story with what's available about the WWE, though. The cover to WWE The New Day: Power Of Positivity, courtesy of Simon & Schuster For every "our fans inspire us" moment in WWE The New Day: Power Of Positivity, an NPR story about Vince McMahon's alleged hush money payments to former employees[...]
Halo Infinite Gets New Novel With Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
Simon & Schuster announced a brand new Halo novel is coming this month based on Halo Infinite called Halo: The Rubicon Protocol The book is written by previous Halo author Kelly Gay, as her latest book explores the events that took place during the previous six months leading up to Master Chief's awakening in space and the[...]
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide Gets A New Expansion
Simon & Schuster revealed a new expansion on a gamer favorite with The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Expanded Genres Edition The latest addition to the series of books created by James D'Amato, this one explores the multiverse of options at your disposal when creating for various characters you don't normally run into You're thrown[...]
Star Trek: Picard: Michelle Hurd & Jeri Ryan in Original Audio Drama
The audio drama comes courtesy of Simon & Schuster with the two leads along with Fred Tatasciore (Star Trek: Lower Decks), John Kassir, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Lisa Flanagan, Gibson Frazier, Lameece Issaq, Natalie Naudus, Xe Sands, and Emily Woo Zeller The story picks up directly following the events of the end of Picard[...]
TKO Studios Inks Distribution Deal with Simon & Schuster
Indie comics publisher TKO Studios has announced a distribution agreement with mega-publisher Simon & Schuster, Inc to manage their worldwide trade book sales and retail distribution for the publisher's eclectic catalog starting from February 1st, 2022. TKO Studios logo TKO Studios publishes comics, graphic novels, and literature by a critically acclaimed array of creators, authors, and artists[...]
Nicole Valdez Moved From Random House Graphic to Simon & Schuster
Nicole Valdez, formerly marketing and publicity manager for the kids, middle-grade and YA graphic novel publisher Random House Graphic, has been named senior publicity manager at children's publicity at Simon & Schuster Valdez previously worked for three years in publicity at DC Comics before launching the Random House Graphic imprint from Random House Children's Books[...]
More Comic Publishers Leaving Diamond Books For Simon & Schuster
However, in recent months, there's a pattern of a number of smaller comic book publishers taking their bookstore and Amazon business to Simon & Schuster, the book publisher and distributor Given that the likes of The Walking Dead provided many inroads for Diamond and helped save the company from bankruptcy a few years ago, one[...]
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing's Two New Graphic Novel Lines
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing – part of the publisher recently bought by Penguin Randomhouse are introducing two new graphic novel lines for 2021, aimed at the very youngest readers and incorporating some already-published lines And in doing so, they aim to teach a new generation of children how to read comic books in the[...]
Scout Comics Inks Distribution Deal with Simon & Schuster
Scout Comics has now announced a new distribution deal with publishing giant Simon & Schuster as a part of its plans to extend its trade paperback publishing program. Scout Comics and Simon & Schuster logos Credit: Scout and Simon & Schuster. Scout Publisher and writer of their series White Ash which tells a modernized story of elves, dwarves,[...]
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And advised that comic stores still operating, get accounts from Ingram or Simon & Schuster Ingram has Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Dynamite, Boom, Archie, Scholastic and more on their list, Simon & Schuster has Boom Studios, Humanoids, Legendary, Rebellion and more It seems to be only Image Comics these days among the bigger publishers[...]
'Loner': HBO Developing Series Pilot for Teddy Wayne Novel Adaptation
Though its Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press event is over, that doesn't mean HBO is finished boosting its programming slate – announcing early pilot development on Loner, a drama based on author Teddy Wayne's 2016 award-winning novel published by Simon & Schuster Wayne is expected to both write the pilot and executive produce the project. Here's[...]
CW Sets Theodora Goss' The Strange Case Of the Alchemist Daughter for Series
They team up with other unsung but remarkable daughters of famous literary figures to take on societal norms and discover the truth behind their origins. Goss has published two volumes in the "The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club" book series through Simon & Schuster/Saga Press: The Strange Case Of the Alchemist Daughter in June 2017; and[...]
CW Taps The Skinny's Jessie Kahnweiler to Adapt The Viagra Diaries
Anny must keep her true identity hidden just as her writing finds a new worldwide audience and Kit gets all the credit. Credit: Simon & Schuster As you can see from the original synopsis for the book from publisher Simon & Schuster, the network is clearly making some adjustments to the overall storyline: Just because Anny Applebaum qualifies[...]
The Lying Game: eOne Adapting Ruth Ware Mystery Novel To Series
Hollywood's infatuation with Ruth Ware continues with news that the author's New York Times-bestselling novel The Lying Game is being adapted to series by Entertainment One (eOne) through The Gotham Group (The Maze Runner). Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell and Lindsay Williams are set to executive produce the psychological thriller; while eOne's Vice President-Scripted Development Polly Williams[...]
Oni Drops Diamond, Hooks Up With Simon & Schuster For Bookstore Distribution
Following that tradition, Oni Press has dumped Diamond for bookstore distribution just days before New York Comic Con, and they've already hopped in bed with a new partner: Simon & Schuster. Oni flaunted the news by updating its relationship status on Facebook to "it's complicated," and also by sending out a press release: Simon & Schuster has[...]
CBLDF Supports Simon & Schuster Over Publication Of Milo Yiannopoulos
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has joined the the National Coalition Against Censorship this week in issuing a statement regarding calls to boycott all books from publisher Simon & Schuster after one of its imprints announced the upcoming release of Dangerous, a memoir by Breitbart writer and alt-right darling Milo Yiannopoulos. The statement supports the right to[...]
Milo Yiannopoulos To Earn "Wheelbarrow Full Of Money" For Simon & Schuster Autobiography
Simon & Schuster will publish an autobiography titled Dangerous by controversial alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos, according to The Hollywood Reporter The deal is reported to pay Yiannopoulos a $250,000 advance for the book, after a meeting with Simon & Schuster executives went shockingly well for him, despite outright attempts to shock them with his viewpoints,[...]
New Nancy Drew And Hardy Boys Comics From Dynamite At San Diego Comic-Con
The new license with Simon & Schuster gives the comic publisher access to the two 90 year old properties Nancy Drew debuted in 1927, while Frank and Joe Hardy first appeared in 1930 The adolescent crime solving adventures have sold over 300 million books worldwide. For those who grew up in the 1970s, there were live-action[...]