#OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA SERIES#

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I left their offices with a smile that was hard to erase and today, am very excited to announce our partnership with Open Road. What I had not been expecting was for Jane to lean back in her chair, afterward and say, on the spot, “Okay, let’s do this.” There was an instant click: they got what Worldreader does without me really having to explain it. When I met Jane Friedman (Founder), Tina Pohlman (Publisher) and Michael Palgon (Senior Vice President, Distribution and Business development) in late May, just prior to the chaos that is Book Expo America, the meeting went somewhat as I had always imagined it would go. Whereas most publishers focus their marketing might on front list titles, Open Road focuses almost entirely on backlist, extends marketing cycles longer than usual and offers an atypical 50/50 revenue split with authors. For Open Road it has meant, among many things, the chance to do business differently. The organization sees a huge opportunity to make a difference for these out-of-print and reverted books and their authors.In Open Road Integrated Media I like to think Worldreader always saw a natural ally: we are a charity that works with digital books and they are a mostly digital publisher.įor us, the weightless nature of e-books has allowed us to disrupt the traditional model of book donation and provisioning in developing countries. Open Roads uses machine learning to identify and engage new readers for books abandoned by the publishing industry. We are pleased that Open Road is making this possible.”ĬAA’s Amanda “Binky” Urban said, “Open Road’s technology is proven to lift sales of previously published books.” It is time for her readers to be able to discover her early works. Writers House President Amy Berkower said,” “Barbara Delinsky established herself as a perennial New York Times bestselling author.

#OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA SERIES#

Now, Re-Discovery Lit will select and republish the Alloy series, including the Fingerprints series by Melinda Metz and Who Killed Peggy Sue? by Eileen Goudge.Įveryone, from authors to publishers and agents, seems enthusiastic about the news. Alloy Entertainment is famous for multiple bestselling book series. Re-Discovery Lit has signed an agreement with Alloy Entertainment, a book packaging and television production unit of Warner Bros. These books deserve to be discovered and reread, and our technology will get them in front of the right readers,” said David Steinberger, Chairman and CEO of Open Road. “As we help publishers reach new readers for their previously published books, republishing worthy out-of-print and reverted titles is another way to serve the industry.

They are expected to republish about 200 titles yearly, particularly in e-book format, though they will be available in print on demand. Open Road Integrated Media, a leader in applying technology for book discovery, has introduced Re-Discovery Lit, a new publishing imprint for republishing reverted and out-of-print books. Re-Discovery Lit is an effort to give a second life to those forgotten, older books. Many good books emerge, garner attention, and some disappear from the limelight.

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