Simon & Schuster is relaunching the Pocket Books imprint, which was for many years was one of the premier mass market publishing imprints in the U.S. The relaunched Pocket Books will be part of the Atria Gallery Publishing Group and headed by Anh Schluep, who is joining the company today as v-p, editorial director & deputy publisher of Pocket Books. Pocket Books will focus on commercial fiction, particularly romance as well as romantic thrillers, dark romance, and horror. It will launch with two to three titles a month beginning in January 2027 and aims to be "the top choice for bestselling entrepreneurial authors."
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Schluep was formerly associate publisher of the Montlake, Skyscape, and 47 North imprints at Amazon Publishing. During her 15-year tenure at Amazon, she helped launch and build Montlake, a romance line, where she published Colleen Hoover, Devney Perry, Rebecca Yarros, Jeneva Rose, and Sylvia Day, among others. Before joining Amazon, she worked in sales at Penguin Group and Random House and started her book career working at her local Waldenbooks.
Jennifer Bergstrom, executive v-p and publisher of Gallery Books, said, "Anh Schluep is one of the most innovative publishers working in our industry today. She has deep expertise in how modern authors want to partner with a publisher. I'm thrilled to be working with Anh and delighted to relaunch Pocket Books with its new mission. Pocket will offer a home for forward-thinking writers, including bestselling indie and hybrid authors looking to amplify their reach using our unparalleled strengths in marketing, publicity, and print distribution."
Schluep said, "This is how I think about it: Pocket Books was originally created to reach a mass market readership. I want to honor that idea and collaborate with authors to bring their stories to the widest audience."