SOURCE: MPS Mobile Global Reader
October 13, 2008 07:00 ET
Simon & Schuster Titles Now Available on Mobile Phones Through MPS Mobile's Global Reader
"The Secret" and "Star Trek" Series Among Hundreds of Titles to Be Available at wap.global-reader.com
TORONTO--(Marketwire - October 13, 2008) - MPS Mobile's Global Reader, a worldwide mobile
content distribution service, today announced a major content partnership
with Simon & Schuster. As part of the agreement, more than five hundred of
Simon & Schuster's bestselling and popular titles will be available via the
Global Reader mobile distribution network, accessible to readers on any
Internet-enabled mobile device they are currently using.
Among the titles available are the mega-selling phenomenon "The Secret" and
books from the "Star Trek" series, the most successful franchise in
publishing history. As a special introductory promotion, mobile users can
get free excerpts and a demonstration of the Global Reader service. Readers
can either text "The Secret" or "Star Trek" to 22646 and get a direct link
to this content, or access wap.global-reader.com on their mobile browsers.
Additional titles to be available include works by Ernest Hemingway,
bestselling series such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Nancy Drew"
and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," teen classic "Go Ask Alice," and Edgar
Award winning author James Lee Burke's "The Tin Roof Blowdown." The full
Simon & Schuster eBook catalog will be made available in the coming months.
Douglas Stambaugh, Executive Director, Business Development and Operations
for Simon & Schuster Digital, commented: "We are very excited about our
partnership with MPS Global Reader. With over 3.3 billion Internet-enabled
mobile devices in existence worldwide, the potential market for mobile
reading is enormous. This represents another great opportunity for us to
bring our authors' works to a platform consumers are increasingly using to
get information and entertainment."
In commenting, Global Reader's Director of Sales Bob Kasher stated: "We are
thrilled to join with Simon & Schuster to present a strong list of popular
titles on Global Reader. This is truly the new frontier and partnering with
such a giant of the literary world enables us to expand our selection of
quality content."
About MPS Mobile and Global Reader
Global Reader is available on over 75 Mobile Carriers worldwide in over 160
countries supporting material in a variety of languages, presenting print,
audio and video content. You can receive it on any Internet-enabled mobile
device including the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and Sony
Ericksson Smart phones as well as over 800 other devices worldwide. You can
find it by going to wap.global-reader.com on your mobile device.
MPS Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macmillan Publishing Solutions
(MPS). MPS has been in the business of providing a variety of publishing
services to international publishing and media companies for over 30 years
and has earned a strong reputation as a leader in the industry. MPS Mobile
is our Global Platform and software solution enabling content providers to
reach mobile phone audiences anywhere and everywhere in the world.
About Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, a part of the CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the
field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in
fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed,
electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult
Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio,
Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada,
and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website at
www.simonsays.com.