Simon & Schuster
After Ever HappySimon & Schuster is named in the book’s closing publication matter as the company behind Gallery Books, the imprint that issued the eBook. Its visible connection to the volume includes the series’ sales support, reader-facing promotional materials, and the imprint’s corporate identification and contact information.
Relationship to Gallery Books
The closing pages identify Gallery Books as an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. This establishes the relationship presented by the book itself: Gallery Books is the named imprint, while Simon & Schuster, Inc. is the larger company. The publication matter also gives Simon & Schuster’s website as a place readers can visit for further information.
Work on the Series
In the acknowledgments, Anna Todd thanks the production team and copyeditors, singling out Steve Breslin and Steven Boldt, and separately thanks the Simon & Schuster sales team for its work on the series. The passage recognizes sales support alongside the editorial and production labor involved in bringing the books to readers, without specifying particular campaigns or individual sales-team members.
Reader Outreach and Publication Information
A reader sign-up notice invites visitors to join a mailing list for updates on new releases, deals, bonus content, and other books. The invitation is presented jointly by Gallery Books and Simon & Schuster, and points readers to eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com. The closing material also lists the company’s address as 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, and provides www.SimonandSchuster.com.
Place in the Book’s Publishing Context
The acknowledgments describe the series as having grown from Todd’s initial whim into a four-book series, while thanking readers for their sustained support. The same pages thank Wattpad for providing a continuing home to return to; they do not specify how Simon & Schuster’s role related to the series’ earlier development on that platform. Together, the end matter places Simon & Schuster within the book’s publishing and reader-outreach framework, while distinguishing the company from the Gallery Books imprint named on the eBook.
