As the Hachette Book Group remains in a standoff over contract renewal terms with Amazon, Simon & Schuster has reached agreement on a multi-year deal for both ebooks and print books. The deal also covers S&S distribution clients. (Word of a renewal was first reported online briefly on Monday afternoon by the WSJ and Business Insider. We confirmed via our own source and posted thereafter; by the end of the day, S&S ceo Carolyn Reidy informed authors and agents through an emailed letter.) Most important within the trade is that Simon & Schuster looks to have become the first of the […]
