Penguin to Release Enhanced eBook Classics
By Jane • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News • •Penguin Group (publisher of authors like Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Meljean Brooks, Nalini Singh and the like) are releasing a number of classics in E form. The ebooks are called Penguin Enhanced e-Book Classics and will contain a number of features to induce a reader to buy the ecopy. For example, the first release is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The book will contain “a filmography, period book reviews, recipes and black-and-white illustrations”.
I love the idea of reading the period book reviews and I know Jayne will love the recipes. The price point is $8.00, the same as the paper release.
According to the same PW article, while the Kindle spiked interest, most sales have come from the Sony Reader. I find that fascinating given the conflicting information that I keep hearing about Kindle sales. Genevieve Shore, the digital director at Penguin, believes that a multi function device is ultimately the direction of ebook reading. I don’t disagree with her as I use my iPhone for reading.
Via Publishers Weekly.
Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways.
She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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