Simon & Schuster is a global publisher dedicated to sharing a broad range of works that educate, entertain, and inspire readers of all ages. We publish books that represent many perspectives, to stimulate readers’ curiosity and intellectual exploration. We believe the books we publish have the capacity to inform and challenge our views, and to create change in the world. Our passionate commitment to excellence in all aspects of publishing starts with our dedication to our authors, and is reflected in our unceasing effort to bring our authors’ works to the widest possible audience. 

Founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, Simon & Schuster is a major force in today’s consumer publishing industry, publishing over 2,000 new books every year. Simon & Schuster titles are available in print and digital editions in over 200 countries and territories around the world. The company is dedicated to bringing 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 publishing groups, including: 

And Children’s imprints such as Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Little Simon, Margaret K. McElderry Books, and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 

Simon & Schuster Audio Publishing is one of the original and largest audiobook publishers in the industry, publishing Audio editions of titles from Simon & Schuster and external publishing houses, as well as Simon & Schuster Audio Originals. The Audio division is also home to Pimsleur Language Program, one of the fastest-growing language education series in the world.

For more than a century, Simon & Schuster has published books that educate, entertain, and inspire readers of all ages.  

In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2024, the company assembled The Simon & Schuster 100 list of 100 books from the company’s history that represent the depth and breadth of its publishing program.

Simon & Schuster titles have won numerous Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, National Book Critics Circle Awards, Andrew Carnegie Medals and Grammy Awards. Children’s publishing has garnered several Caldecott Medals and Newbery Medals, among numerous other distinctions and awards. Titles published by Simon & Schuster can frequently be found on bestseller lists around the world. 

Headquartered in New York City, Simon & Schuster has more than 1,500 employees in offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, the Netherlands, and Belgium:

Simon & Schuster is the trusted distribution partner of over 100 publishers. The company has warehouses in New Jersey and Tennessee that, all told, make up millions of square feet of space.