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E-Books Go Mainstream

Simon & Schuster plans full season of digital books, including a timely election report.

  

Sites Serve Aspiring Wordsmiths

Saffo points out that a number of sites are trying to provide publishing outlets for less well-known authors. MightyWords offers custom publishing. (See "Web Site Invites All Authors." ) Blosm invites agents and publishers to check out sample chapters (and comments by other readers) at its online showcase for aspiring authors.

And then there are sites like KeeBoo, where anyone can create and publish a virtual book. (See "Become an Author With KeeBoo.")

Familiar Authors Go Digital

Among the e-books in Simon & Schuster's fall lineup are Blair Witch: Graveyard Shift, for fans of the hit movie; The Fortune Tellers by Howard Kurtz; a collection of Wall Street Journal e-books; and works by Stephen Ambrose, Jimmy Carter, Hunter S. Thompson, Jesse Ventura, and Bob Woodward.

"Each of these books has an identifiable audience that we believe we can reach, both early adopters and new e-book readers who will help expand the marketplace," says Jack Romanos, president and chief operating officer of Simon & Schuster.

Selections cover business and financial titles to fiction, children's nonfiction, games, and educational reference. Each division now acquires and publishes electronic titles as well as print books, Romanos notes. Simon & Schuster does not operate a separate division for e-book publishing. That's different from the approach of rival Time Warner, which organized its iPublish arm to produce books written specifically for Microsoft Reader. (See "Time Warner Goes Back to the Books.")

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