Simon & Schuster

Will Simon & Schuster’s Premium Self-Publishing Service Be Worth It?

Some interesting news for aspiring writers: In a first for one of the big six publishers, Simon & Schuster has announced plans to partner with Author Solutions Inc., a successful self-publishing business based out of Bloomington, Indiana, to create a separate house called Archway Publishing that will publish fiction, nonfiction, business, and children’s books. Archway… Read More

Read Evelyn Waugh’s Nasty Response to ‘Catch 22′

When a young publicist at Simon & Schuster sent Evelyn Waugh a copy of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 back in 1961, his response was a lot less enthusiastic than what she was hoping for. Among the zingers in his scathing response to one the greatest literary works of the 20th century: “I am sorry that the… Read More