These five publishers are home to many of the most talented and original European writers. We all believe that a good book is a good book around the world, and we are excited to work with our partners to introduce their authors to new readers.
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Jane Friedman, cofounder and CEO of Open Road
Open Road has signed partnerships with five international publishers across Europe (Grupo Planeta of Spain; RCS Libri of Italy; De Arbeiderspers|A.W. Bruna Publishers (AP/AWB) of the Netherlands; the Robert Laffont Group of France; and Univers Poche of France) to bring the English translations of a wide selection of their books to digital format, digitizing, distributing, and marketing all titles in North America, and a majority of titles throughout the world.
With only 2% of books sold in Europe coming from digital books Open Road could turn out to be the largest distributor ebooks in the European Union. ~ eP
(via ebookporn)