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December 22, 2008By Michael Cader

S&S Year-End Thoughts, and More

December 22, 2008By Michael Cader

In “a challenging year,” SImon & Schuster ceo Carolyn Reidy’s year-end letter is mostly focused on taking “time to celebrate our industry and our company, to remember and be grateful for what makes publishing an exciting and wonderful business and Simon & Schuster a special company within it.” She also suggest that “this is precisely the moment – when established routines do not yield the customary results – that we must take chances and embrace risk.” In digital news, like Random House, Simon & Schuster will “nearly quadruple eBook sales this year” even with a delay in their initiative announced […]

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