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July 5 – July 11, 2010 Edition Simon and Schuster Goes Mobile
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010Simon & Schuster Digital today announced a mobile-optimized version of the companys website, simonandschuster.com. The new site, www.simonandschuster.mobi, will appear whenever a user attempts to access simonandschuster.com from a mobile device, and features many of the key elements from that site, including:
Author pages including popular features such as exclusive Author Revealed and Author Voices content, videos, and bios. Books and series pages, with excerpts, descriptions, audio and excerpts · A dedicated Video hub similar to the similar to the simonandschuster.com site Full-site search capability Signups for newsletters and alerts Buy links to retailers with mobile-optimized shopping carts. Future mobile capabilities will include sweepstakes and customer reviews.
The new mobile site is attractively designed and user-friendly, and is organized by drop down menus to alleviate the customary waiting time while web pages refresh. The new Simon & Schuster mobile site is optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, Android and the Blackberry Onyx (9700) and Blackberry Storm (5300).
Simon & Schuster, a part of 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.