{"id":285396,"date":"2011-06-07T17:56:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T17:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2011\/06\/07\/open-letter-ebooks-available-and-only-4-99\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:23:48","slug":"open-letter-ebooks-available-and-only-4-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2011\/06\/07\/open-letter-ebooks-available-and-only-4-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter Ebooks: Available and Only $4.99"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Maybe I&#8217;ll write something about publishing business models and pricing and whatnot later, but for now here&#8217;s the press release about our ebooks. Which I think you should rush to your nearest device and purchase immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>June 7, 2011\u2014Open Letter is proud to announce the launch of a new ebook series for international literature. Beginning today, the first nine titles in the collection will be made available on e-reader devices such as Kindle, Nook, and iPad, among others.   <\/p>\n<p>To highlight this event, each book will be priced at $4.99 at launch\u2014a limited offer lasting until June 30, 2011. Currently available ebooks include translated titles like the award-winning <em>A Thousand Peaceful Cities<\/em> by Polish writer Jerzy Pilch and the Russian classic <em>The Golden Calf<\/em> by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. <\/p>\n<p>The Open Letter ebook series also boasts what is believed to be the world\u2019s largest ebook collection of Catalan literature translated into English, with titles such as the modern classic <em>Death in Spring<\/em> by Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the best publishing model for Open Letter is the one that gets great international literature into the hands of readers. That\u2019s why we\u2019re so excited, not only to be offering a large selection of our books in both print and digital formats, but also to be putting these ebooks out there at a price that allows anyone to take a chance on something new,\u201d says publisher Chad W. Post.<\/p>\n<p>The current collection includes: Bragi \u00d3lafsson\u2019s <em>The Ambassador<\/em> and <em>The Pets<\/em>, Jerzy Pilch\u2019s <em>A Thousand Peaceful Cities<\/em> and <em>The Mighty Angel<\/em>, Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda\u2019s <em>Death in Spring<\/em> and <em>The Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda<\/em>, Quim Monz\u00f3\u2019s <em>Gasoline<\/em> and <em>Guadalajara<\/em>, and Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov\u2019s <em>The Golden Calf.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>To see the full collection to learn more about each title, click <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.openletterbooks.org\/ebooks\/\">here.<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll write something about publishing business models and pricing and whatnot later, but for now here&#8217;s the press release about our ebooks. Which I think you should rush to your nearest device and purchase immediately. June 7, 2011\u2014Open Letter is proud to announce the launch of a new ebook series for international literature. 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