Rights Coordinator for Simon & Schuster UK Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over 1,000 Manuscripts
Filippo Bernardini, rights coordinator at Simon & Schuster’s London office, stole over one thousand manuscripts from big-name authors such as Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood, and Ian McEwan. The thirty-year-old pleads guilty to one count of wire fraud and will face...
The Youth Media Awards 2023 Winners
Every year, the American Library Association recognizes books for their outstanding impact on young readers. The ALA Young Media Awards includes Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards. These books are selected by a committee of librarians and...
Eliot Schein Lecturer Linda Villarosa Honored by The New York Times
Spring 2023 Eliot Schein lecturer Linda Villarosa was honored by The New York Times in their “Best Books of 2022” article. Villarosa’s book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, traces the effects of slavery that...
Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I’m Someone Else, Launches Her Own Press, Rose Books
Chelsea Hodson’s first experience in publishing was with an indie press. Her chapbook, Pity the Animal, was published by Kevin Sampsell at Future Tense Books in 2014. Now the author is paying it forward by launching her own indie press, Rose Books. The first two books...
Trump Threatens Simon and Schuster with Lawsuit over Forthcoming Tell-All by Mark Pomerantz
Mark Pomerantz, retired New York Criminal Prosecutor, has written an inside account of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. In the book, to be published by Simon & Schuster, he explains why Trump should be prosecuted and indicted for his financial crimes....
Justice Department Blocks Penguin Random House Merger with Simon & Schuster
On October 31st, the federal court blocked Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster. Both parties have until November 4th to file their proposed reactions, after which the court will issue a public version of Judge Florence Y. Pan’s memorandum...