Simon & Schuster exceeded $1 billion in sales for the first time ever in 2022—an increase of 18.5 percent over the prior year. The last three years, in fact, have seen record results for the publisher. According to NPD BookScan, Simon & Schuster was the only one of the Big Five to increase print sales last year. Audio grew the fastest, followed by international sales, and the company has hired about 100 people since 2020. We hope that Simon & Schuster is taking very good care of Colleen Hoover, whose latest books were published with Atria, a Simon & Schuster imprint.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
