Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster Inc. is a New York-based American book publishing.

History and Program

The publishing house was founded on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and Schuster Max. Their first release, which was delivered on 10 April of the same year, was a crossword puzzle book, which was provided with a pencil. With such a puzzle books, the publishers had initially great success, but were transformed over time into a renowned book publisher with a broad range.

The aggressive advertising and new marketing strategies were also reflected in the commercial success. So S & S was the first publishing house, the book dealers also rewarded the unsold remainders. In 1939 he was the first American publisher who brought paperback books on the market. For this purpose the subsidiary Pocket Books was launched. The innovation sparked a revolution in bookstores.

1944 acquired the department store magnate Marshall Field the publisher, but after his death in 1957, the company bought the founders Simon and Schuster with investors Leon Shimkin and James M. Jacobson back again. Began in 1958, the young Michael Korda its activity the publisher. He rose in the following years up to the chief editor and remained in this position until the year 2006.

1975, it was sold to the conglomerate Gulf Western and steadily expanded through the acquisition of numerous small publishers. 1994 firmierende now as Paramount Communications conglomerate was purchased by media conglomerate Viacom, which ( a new company which reused the old name ) was divided on 1 January 2006 into two new companies CBS Corporation ( the legal successor to the old Viacom ) and Viacom. Since the division of Simon & Schuster is part of the CBS Corporation.

Every year, give the publisher and its offshoot out about 2,000 book titles. In 2000, S & S was much talked about, as he published Stephen King's Riding the Bullet exclusively as an e- text.