Rights and Permissions
In order to inquire about subsidiary or translation rights or to request permission to reprint copyrighted material, you must write a letter of inquiry addressed to the correct department, as listed below. Your letter must include:
- Title of the book
- Full name of the author of the book
- Name of your project/title
- Publisher of your project
- Publication date (month and year)
- Territories your work will be published in
- Number of print runs
- Formats of your work (i.e., soft cover, ebook, handouts, etc.)
- Specific material in the book which you'd like to use, including page numbers
- The way in which you'd like to use the material. Please be as specific as possible.
- Your name, address, phone number and fax number
| Subsidiary/Translation Rights |
Please contact Subsidiary Rights with questions about:
- reproduction of any Simon & Schuster Publishing group text or artwork in all media other than books (for reproduction in books, please see Permissions)
- serialization rights
- book club rights
- other performance rights (including electronic interactive rights),
- foreign rights (the right to translate and publish a book in a language other than English)
You can also find some Subsidiary and/or Translation Rights information in our catalogs, available online.
To send a written inquiry, check the spine or copyright page to determine the imprint that published the book then address your request to the appropriate subsidiary rights department:
For S&S, Touchtone/Fireside and Kaplan books contact:
Simon & Schuster
Attn: Subsidiary Rights, 14th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
or fax your request on official letterhead to: (212)632 8099
For Free Press, Free Press Paperback, Libros en Espanol, Scribner, Scribner Paperback Fiction, or Wall Street Journal Books contact:
Simon & Schuster
Attn: Subsidiary Rights, 13th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
or fax your request on official letterhead to: (212)632 8083
For Atria Books, Pocket Books, Star Trek Books, MTV Books, Sonnet and Washington Square Press contact:
Pocket Books
Attn: Subsidiary Rights, 11th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10020
or fax your request on official letterhead to: (212) 698-1269
For Aladdin, Atheneum, Little Simon, Margaret K. McElderry, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon Pulse and Simon Spotlight contact:
Children's Division
Attn: Subsidiary Rights, 4th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10020
or please e-mail your request to: sschildrensubrights@simonandschuster.com
For Simon & Schuster Audiobooks, Simon & Schuster Sound Ideas, Simon & Schuster Audioworks and Pimsleur contact:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Subsidiary Rights Manager, 11th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
or fax your request on official letterhead to: (212) 632-8091
| Permission To Use Copyright |
Please contact the Permissions Department if you would like to use an excerpt or copyrighted material from a Simon & Schuster title on a non-exclusive basis in book format only. Direct your written inquiry to:
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Attn: Permissions Dept., 12th floor
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
or fax your request on official letterhead to: (212) 881-9111