Gallery Books

Gallery Books is the publisher and imprint identified with this edition of After, connecting the book’s Wattpad beginnings to its commercial eBook and trade paperback forms. The author’s acknowledgments describe the company’s support as a decisive part of bringing the story into print, while the book’s publication and promotional pages show how the imprint presented the novel to readers and invited them to remain connected to its catalogue.

Identity and Publication

The book identifies itself as a Gallery Books eBook and records the first Gallery Books trade paperback edition as November 2014. These details establish the imprint’s role in the edition’s publication history without specifying when the eBook first appeared. The print edition’s date gives a concrete marker for the book’s transition into the trade paperback format; the eBook notice, meanwhile, places Gallery Books at the center of the digital edition as well.

The publication information identifies Gallery Books as a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. and gives the company’s address as 1230 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. It also states that GALLERY BOOKS and its colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Together, these credits distinguish the imprint’s name and visual mark from the larger company named as its corporate parent. The book provides these facts as part of its formal publication record, rather than describing the organization’s broader structure or operations.

Editorial and Production Support

In the acknowledgments, the author thanks Gallery Books for believing in both her and her story, and says that the company helped make her dreams come true. The wording presents publication not only as a production milestone but as a relationship of confidence: the author recognizes the publisher’s willingness to support After as central to the book’s arrival in print. Her thanks do not detail the terms of that support, so the significance lies in the author’s account of the company’s belief and encouragement.

The acknowledgments also name Kristin Dwyer, who is credited with having the author’s back and helping keep her sane. The author separately thanks the proofreaders and production staff, identifying Steve Breslin and his crew and praising their work. These acknowledgments make visible several forms of labor around the book: personal support, proofreading, and production. They do not assign every task to Gallery Books as an institution, but situate the imprint’s publication effort alongside the named people who contributed to preparing the series for readers.

From Wattpad to a Reader-Facing Edition

The book’s back matter preserves a strong connection to Wattpad. The author calls Wattpad her first home and favorite place to write, and thanks the platform and several people associated with her experience there. She also addresses readers who followed the story from its Wattpad days, describing their comments, tweets, and shared enthusiasm as part of a continuing community. This account places Gallery Books’ edition in relation to an existing readership rather than presenting the book as if it had begun with publication in print.

Promotional material reinforces that connection by describing the After series as an addictive romance and highlighting its Wattpad readership. A review excerpt presents the published book as an emotionally intense reading experience and explicitly compares it favorably with the Wattpad version. The framing makes the move between platform and book part of the edition’s public identity: the story is offered both to readers already familiar with it online and to those encountering it through the published edition. This material documents a marketing approach, not evidence that Gallery Books controlled or created the Wattpad community.

Marketing and Reader Contact

The back matter extends the publisher’s relationship with readers beyond the book itself. It invites them to join a mailing list for updates on new releases, deals, bonus content, and other books from Gallery Books and Simon & Schuster, Inc. It also supplies the publisher’s Facebook page and account, alongside a Wattpad page for After. These channels bring together catalogue promotion, reader updates, and the story’s online presence, while the invitation to subscribe makes continued contact an explicit part of the book’s closing material.

The publisher’s role is therefore documented at several distinct levels: the Gallery Books editions, the production acknowledgments, the imprint’s formal corporate and trademark credits, and the promotional pages aimed at readers. The book offers no comprehensive account of Gallery Books’ history, organizational structure, or wider publishing program. Within the evidence it does provide, however, Gallery Books stands as the imprint that issued this edition of After and as a point of connection between the author, the book’s production contributors, and readers approaching the story through both print and digital channels.