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Simon & Schuster to
Publish eBooks Beginning Fall 2000
Simon & Schuster has announced
its first full season of original eBooks, to be published
beginning Fall 2000. The list, featuring titles from every
Simon & Schuster book publishing division, will be complemented
by a growing selection of simultaneous electronic
publications for regularly scheduled paper-and-ink titles,
as well as continuous electronic updating of previously
published books. The publisher also expects that more original titles
will be added to the Fall schedule in the near future.
Simon & Schuster is not planning a separate or centralized
operating division for its eBook publishing efforts. Electronic
titles will be acquired and published by the existing
editorial and marketing staffs within each division and
imprint. Technical support and guidance will be provided by
the Simon & Schuster Online division. Time Warner Publishing
and Random House have recently announced seperate
imprints that only publish ebooks.
Jack Romanos, President
and COO of Simon & Schuster, Inc, said ``Our
focus remains delivering authors and their works to readers.
By bringing the talented and creative staff we already have
in place into the electronic world, we can utilize their
proven expertise in marketing to specific interest groups
and categories, and fully leverage our editorial capabilities
in this exciting new medium.''
The first season will include original titles that range
from business and personal finance to fiction,
popular culture, health, children's nonfiction, games, and
educational reference. It features titles from well-known
authors such as Stephen Ambrose, V.C. Andrews, Ann
Beattie, Jimmy Carter, Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins
Clark, George Foreman, Stephen King, Howard Kurtz, David
Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima, Colleen McCullough, Bill
McKibben, Reynolds Price, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Woodward,
Jesse Ventura, as well as well-known franchises like The Wall
Street Journal, Harvard Medical School, VH1, and Star Trek.
``This first group of original eBooks will draw on the diverse
editorial strengths of our divisions, and the robust brands for
which Simon & Schuster is known,'' said Romanos.
``Each of these books has an identifiable audience that we
believe we can reach, both early adopters and new eBook
readers who will help expand the marketplace.''
Fall 2000 eBook titles from Simon & Schuster include:
- Blair Witch: Graveyard Shift, for fans of the hit movie.
- The Fortune Tellers by Howard Kurtz a simultaneous
release of the latest book from the bestselling author of
Spin Cycle.
- Wall Street Journal eBooks: information on topics ranging from
small business to retirement, e-commerce and world business.
- Stephen King's On Writing, a memoir of his craft, published
simultaneously in eBook.
- Screwjack, three stories by journalist Hunter S. Thompson,
released serially to preview the November hardcover publication.
- Stephen Ambrose's Nothing Like It In the World, the
story of the transcontinental railroad, in simultaneous eBook
release, from the author of Undaunted Courage and D-Day.
- Ann Beattie's Perfect Recall, a new, previously unpublished
short story previewing the author's latest collection.
- Jimmy Carter's boyhood memoir, An Hour Before Daylight,
a simultaneous electronic publication.
- Bob Woodward's Maestro: Inside Greenspan's Fed and the
American Boom.
- President George W. Bush or President Albert Gore Jr. On
November 7, America chooses the 43rd President. At exactly
12:01am on November 8th, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
will release an eBook
biography of our new president, from childhood to acceptance speech
- Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft, original eBook prequels to
upcoming novels based on computer games from Blizzard Entertainment.
- Colleen McCullough's Morgan's Run, the simultaneous
eBook of the new novel from the author of The Thorn Birds.
- Jesse Ventura's Do I Stand Alone?, frank opinions from
one of the governor of Minnesota. Published simultaneously.
- Star Trek S.C.E: three titles in an exclusively
eBook series featuring the Starfleet Corps of Engineers.
Simon & Schuster
eBooks will be available in multiple eBook
platforms, including Microsoft Reader,
Glassbook, Gemstar's Rocket eBook and Softbook, netLibrary's
Peanut Press and Softlock.com. The prices of the eBooks
will range from $5 to $15.
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