Random House Yields to Styron Estate on e-Book Rights
In a major e-book rights development that will have repercussions for many best-selling authors, The New York Times is reporting that Random House has ceded digital book rights to the Estate of William Styron for high profile titles such as “Sophie’s Choice”, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” and “Darkness Visible.” The move contravenes the position staked out by Random House CEO Markus Dohle in his December 9, 2009 letter to agents (reported on here) asserting that Random House authors were “precluded from granting publishing rights to third parties” for e-book editions. The agreement frees the heirs of William Styron to proceed with their agreement with Open Road, the e-book publisher headed by former Harper Collins president Jane Friedman and film producer, Jeffrey Sharp. Open Road’s editions of several Styron works will be made available to consumers on May 4th. Read more »
Tags: e-Book rights, Estate of William Styron, Random House
e-Books | editor | 
April 26, 2010 12:04 pm | 
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