S&S Launching Simon451 Imprint

This fall, Simon & Schuster will launch Simon451, an imprint dedicated to literary and commercial speculative fiction across categories such as science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, apocalyptic and the supernatural. Simon451 will publish in electronic and printed formats, with a focus on digital-first publishing and e-book originals. The imprint's name pays homage to Ray Bradbury's classic novel Fahrenheit 451, which S&S reissued in a 60th anniversary edition last year.

Simon51's editors plan to develop new authors and branded series, while introducing established authors to new audiences. The focus will be on the opportunity to move quickly between digital and print publication, taking advantage of opportunities as awareness builds for authors and series. Simon451 will also experiment with publishing serialized novels and original short stories, and will also re-issue classic backlist titles in e-book form.

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"Within the science fiction and fantasy genre, e-books and online communities are becoming the primary means of reading and discovery," said senior editor Sarah Knight. "With Simon451 we aim to give those readers what they want, when and how they want it."

The inaugural Simon451 list is launching in October 2014 with A Vision of Fire, the first volume of the EarthEnd Saga series by actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) and co-writer Jeff Rovin. The list also includes includes Ethan Reid's The Undying, a dystopian novel set in Paris.

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