NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony today launched eStories, its
short stories initiative involving over 1,000 stories from America's
leading authors, including all 120 stories by Philip K. Dick, whose stories
and novels have inspired numerous Hollywood films including "Minority
Report" and "Blade Runner".
eStories will be available at The eBook Store from Sony
(http://ebookstore.sony.com) and Borders(R)' Online eBook Store
(http://ebooks.bordersstores.com). Effective immediately, short stories are
available from selected authors including Kevin J. Anderson, Lawrence
Block, Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, Ed Gorman, Joe Haldeman,
Wendy Hornsby, Margo Lanagan, Tanith Lee, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg,
Susan Sizemore, R.L. Stine, Donald E. Westlake, and many others, with more
authors being added every month. These stories can be purchased online and
read on a PC or on Sony's Reader digital book.
Sony's access to America's leading authors is enabled through its
association with Dr. Martin H. Greenberg, the founder and Chief Executive
Partner of Tekno Books, a leader in the book packaging industry, with more
than 2,000 books produced to date with more than 65 bestselling authors in
all genres, including Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz, Nora Roberts, the late Isaac
Asimov, and many more.
Dr. Greenberg is the recipient of the Milford Award for lifetime
achievement in science fiction editing, The Ellery Queen Award for lifetime
achievement in mystery editing, and the Bram Stoker Award for lifetime
achievement in supernatural horror editing -- the only person in publishing
history to have won all three of these honors. In conjunction with Sony,
Dr. Greenberg and the team at Tekno Books will be working directly with
authors to bring their short stories to Sony's eBook Store and to Sony's
co-branded store with Borders.
"The short story has a long standing place in American literature, but
over the last several decades, the economics of distribution made it
difficult for authors to make their short stories available outside of
anthologies and certain literary magazines," said Steve Haber, senior vice
president of Sony Electronics' Digital Imaging and Audio Division. "The
eBook format enables readers to instantly access an ever increasing
selection of previously hard to find short stories to read on the Reader
Digital Book from Sony, or their PC."
Individual short stories will be priced from $0.99-$1.99.
Authors interested in participating in this program with their
previously published stories should contact Larry Segriff, Tekno Books'
vice president and director of Digital Publishing, at
teknobooks@new.rr.com.
About the Reader
The Reader couples an innovative electronic paper display with simple
on- screen controls and stylish design. The Reader, which weighs just nine
ounces and is only half an inch thick, can hold about 160 averaged sized
e-books. Easily held in one hand, the Reader has a rechargeable battery
that can accommodate up to 7,500 page turns on a single charge. The
Reader's high resolution electronic paper display delivers a realistic
print look on an impressive six inch display that rivals traditional paper
and results in crisp text and graphics that are easy to read even in bright
sunlight.
SOURCE Sony Corporation of America
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Related links:
http://www.sony.com
http://ebookstore.sony.com
http://ebooks.bordersstores.com
CONTACT:
Jennifer Glass of Sony Corporation of
America, +1-212-833-6975, jennifer_glass@sonyusa.com
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