Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster appears in the book both as its ebook publisher and as the corporate home of Atria Books, linking the volume’s publication details to the author’s account of a sustained relationship with his North American publishing team. Its presence spans the book’s acknowledgments, imprint information, and reader-facing promotional material.

Publishing Relationship

In the acknowledgments, Fredrik Backman thanks the publishers in other countries that publish his books, singling out the people at Atria Books/Simon & Schuster in the USA and Canada who continued to have faith in him. He names Peter Borland, Libby McGuire, Kevin Hanson, Ariele Fredman, and Rita Silva, as well as Judith Curr, whom he credits with helping him reach that market. The acknowledgment presents the relationship as more than a transaction: the publisher’s continuing confidence is recognized as part of the support behind his international career.

The book’s front and back matter identifies it as a Simon & Schuster ebook. Its legal and imprint information further specifies that Atria Books is an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Together, these statements distinguish the corporate publisher from the imprint under which the book is presented, without assigning more specific editorial or production roles to the individuals named in the acknowledgments.

Reader-Facing Presence

Simon & Schuster’s role also extends into the ebook’s invitation to readers. The closing matter offers a free ebook and updates on new releases, deals, and recommended reads in exchange for joining the publisher’s mailing list. The invitation describes this as a way to receive offers in the inbox, making the digital edition a point of contact between the company and its readers as well as a container for the novel.

The book supplies Simon & Schuster’s website and lists the company’s address at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020. These details give the publishing identity a concrete institutional presence in the back matter, alongside the online sign-up and promotional links.

Place in the Book’s Paratext

Simon & Schuster is named across several different kinds of publication material: the ebook identification, the imprint statement, the author’s thanks to the North American publishing team, and the closing subscription invitation. The repetition makes the publisher visible at both ends of the reading experience, first as the source of the ebook and later as the organization inviting an ongoing connection with its audience. The book’s copyright notice remains separately credited to Fredrik Backman, while the publisher and imprint information identifies the organizations involved in issuing and presenting the edition.