MPS Mobiles Global Reader, a worldwide mobile content distribution service, has announced a major content partnership with Simon & Schuster. As part of the agreement, more than 500 of Simon & Schusters bestselling titles will be available via the Global Reader mobile distribution network, accessible to readers on any Internet-enabled mobile device.
Among the titles available are The Secret and the Star Trek series, the most successful franchise in publishing history. As a special introductory promotion, mobile users can get free excerpts and a demonstration of the Global Reader service. Readers can either text THE SECRET or STAR TREK to 22646 and get a direct link to the content, or access wap.global-reader.com on their mobile browsers. Additional titles include works by Ernest Hemingway, bestselling series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, teen classic Go Ask Alice, and Edgar Award-winning author James Lee Burkes The Tin Roof Blowdown. The full Simon & Schuster eBook catalog will be made available in the coming months.
We are very excited about our partnership with MPS Global Reader, says Douglas Stambaugh, Executive Director, Business Development and Operations for Simon & Schuster Digital. With over 3.3 billion Internet-enabled mobile devices in existence worldwide, the potential market for mobile reading is enormous. This represents another great opportunity for us to bring our authors works to a platform consumers are increasingly using to get information and entertainment.
Global Reader is available on over 75 networks in over 160 countries, supporting material in a variety of languages, including print, audio and video content.