• Simon & Schuster was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster.

 • Simon & Schuster is a part of CBS Corporation.

 • Simon & Schuster is a major force in today’s consumer publishing industry, dedicated to bringing an extensive cross section of first class information and entertainment, in all printed, digital, and audio formats, to a worldwide audience of readers.

 • Simon & Schuster consists of numerous prestigious and well known imprints, including Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, Free Press, Atria, Fireside, Touchstone, Gallery Books, Howard Books, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight.

 • Simon & Schuster publishes approximately 2000 titles annually.

 • Simon & Schuster has approximately 1350 employees and can distribute its titles in more than 100 countries and territories around the world.

 • Simon & Schuster has publishing and distribution capabilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, as well as an international sales presence in every major market.

 • In 2009, Simon & Schuster placed 164 titles on the New York Times bestseller list, including twenty five #1 bestsellers. These high profile titles included Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck, Under the Dome by Stephen King, Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin, It’s Your Time by Joel Osteen, Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn, Just Take my Heart by Mary Higgins Clark, Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult, Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Wiener, Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown, and The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze. 

 • Bestsellers from Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Publishing Division in 2008 included The Mortal Instruments trilogy by Cassandra Clare, Night World by L.J. Smith, The Secret to Teen Power by Paul Harrington, Cat by Matthew Van Fleet, The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, and Barack Obama Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes.

 • Simon & Schuster Audio is one of the original and largest audio publishers in the industry, with a list of high quality fiction and nonfiction from both Simon & Schuster and external publishing houses. Bestselling titles from Simon & Schuster Audio in 2009  included Good, Better, Blessed by Joel Osteen, The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck.

 • The Audio Division’s Pimsleur Language Program is one of the fastest growing language education series in the world.

 • Through Simon & Schuster Digital, the company has taken an industry leadership position in bringing its titles into many different eBook formats, and has more than 6500 titles available as eBooks.  

 • Simon & Schuster is at the forefront of publishing new formats that appeal to today’s on-the-go, multimedia reader, from Stephen King’s “N.”, a groundbreaking series of 25 original video episodes based on a short story, to unique apps for iPhone and iPod like 365 Crosswords to launching the Vook, a text and video hybrid available for desktops and iPhones.

 • SimonandSchuster.com receives more than 600,000 unique visitors monthly and serves as an online location where readers and fans can find easily accessible information about their favorite books and authors, including video and audio interviews, clips, news, national and local media and bookstore appearances, and engage in a community of like-minded readers. 

 • Simon & Schuster also operates dedicated resource sites for librarians and academics (www.simonandschuster.net) and booksellers and media (www.simonandschuster.biz)

 • In 2009, twelve Simon & Schuster titles were named New York Times “Notable Books of the Year,” and three books,  Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls, A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert in fiction, and Raymond Carver: A Life by Carole Sklenica were selected for the “10 Best Books of 2009 list.”

 • In 2009 Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth won the Grammy Award for “Best Spoken Word Album. Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking and Jimmy Carter’s We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land are finalists for the 2010 Grammy. 

 • On April 27, 2008, Simon & Schuster set a company single-week record with 31 simultaneous New York Times bestsellers.

 • In all, Simon & Schuster titles have received 54 Pulitzer Prizes, 15 National Book Awards, 14 Caldecott and 19 Newbery Medals.

 • In 2007, Simon & Schuster partnered with TurnHere to launch the bookvideos.tv internet channel, becoming the first publisher to systematically employ internet videos as a means of marketing our books and authors.

 • Simon & Schuster took an environmentally-minded step forward in 2007 kicking off a green publishing initiative that includes an industry-leading paper policy designed to promote the use of recycled fiber and paper sourced from FSC certified forests.  

 • In 2006, Simon and Schuster began publishing in numerous newly targeted segments. It acquired Howard Books, a religious and inspirational publisher; launched Threshold Editions, an imprint for conservative readers; started a Hispanic/Latino publishing line in its Atria imprint; and launched Simon Scribbles, a coloring and activity imprint for children. 

 • Simon & Schuster publishes many of the strongest and most recognizable brands in the world of entertainment, including titles based on CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Bro Code based on “How I Met Your Mother,” and Showtime’s The L Word, and, under the Simon Spotlight imprint, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. titles featuring The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets and Avatar.

 • Simon & Schuster is the home of successful brand-based publishing including MTV Books, and World Wrestling Entertainment Books. Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books has been the publisher of Star Trek®, the most successful series in publishing history, for more than 25 years.