Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster is a publishing house. They are the current holders of the rights to publish official Star Trek novels and reference works, under their Pocket Books and Gallery Books imprints. Some specialty Star Trek publications are credited under the Simon & Schuster line, such as audios and audio novels, computer discs, and some series intended for children. The Starfleet Academy and series for young adults were released under their Minstrel Books and Aladdin Paperbacks imprints.
The company was founded in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. Both Simon & Schuster and Pocket were sold to Gulf+Western (which later became Paramount Pictures) in 1975, and were incorporated into in 2002, becoming its publication arm.
Following the 2005 split between Viacom and CBS, Viacom became the CBS Corporation, with the company still owning Simon & Schuster.
In 2000, Simon & Schuster became the first publisher to release an original work by a major author online as an eBook.
In 2020, ViacomCBS was in talks to sell Simon & Schuster to another company. 
On 25 November 2020, ViacomCBS made a decision to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House. 
On 29 January 2021, the Authors Guild and the National Writers Union sent a letter to the Department of Justice urging them to block the publishing deal between Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House.
On , it was announced that private investment firm KKR had acquired Simon and Schuster for $1.62 billion. 
==Releases==
* Audio productions
** "Captain Sulu Adventures" (audio-only series)
*** Transformations
*** Cacophony
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* Juvenile literature
** Which Way #15: Voyage to Adventure
** Which Way #24: Phaser Fight
* Computer discs and games
** Star Trek: Borg
** Star Trek: Captain's Chair
** Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library
** Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars
** Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen
** Star Trek Emissary Gift Set (compilation)
** Star Trek: Federation Gift Pak (compilation)
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** Star Trek: Klingon
** Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative
** Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library
** Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide
** Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual
** Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge
** Star Trek Omnipedia
** Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
** Star Trek: The Rebel Universe
** Star Trek: Starfleet Gift Pak (compilation)
** Star Trek: Starship Creator
** Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II
==Trek-related imprints==
* Adams Media
* Aladdin Paperbacks
* Archway Books
* Gallery Books
* Minstrel Books
* Pocket Books (Pocket Star Books)
* Simon Spotlight
* Wallaby
* Wanderer Books
==External links==
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* – Simon & Schuster official web site
* – fan-created blog page by Ian McLean
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