Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster appears in the book both as a publishing institution and as part of the personal network acknowledged at its close. The front matter identifies the publisher’s children’s division and New York address, while the acknowledgments thank the author’s editor and the broader publishing team; the closing pages also state the book’s copyright and imprint information.

Identity and Publication

The publication page identifies Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, and describes the book as an imprint of that division. The back matter names Simon & Schuster as the publisher, supplies its website, and identifies the text as a work of fiction. The copyright notice assigns the 2017 text copyright to Jenny Han and separately credits the jacket photograph to Douglas Lyle Thompson and the jacket hand-lettering to Nancy Howell.

Role in the Acknowledgments

In the acknowledgments, Jenny Han thanks her editor, Zareen Jaffery, and her entire S&S family, singling out colleagues including Justin Chanda, Anne Zafian, Chrissy Noh, Lucy Cummins, Mekisha Telfer, KeriLee Horan, Audrey Gibbons, Katy Hershberger, Candace Greene, Michelle Leo, and Dorothy Gribbin. The phrasing makes the publisher visible not only as a corporate name on the book but as a community of editorial and publishing collaborators recognized by the author.

Place in the Book’s Closing Frame

The acknowledgments move from thanks to the people who helped make the book toward a direct address to its readers. Han says she had not expected to write another book about Lara Jean and calls this her final opportunity to thank those involved; she then wishes readers happiness with the ending and says that, for her, this is the end of Lara Jean’s story, even as the character will live on in her heart. Simon & Schuster’s imprint and copyright statements sit within this closing publication frame, which records both the institutional production of the novel and the author’s farewell to it.