Now, in this insightful, impassioned book, Iyer captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lama�s position: though he has brought the ideas of Tibet to world attention, Tibet itself is being remade as a Chinese province though he was born in one of the most remote, least developed places on earth, he has become a champion of globalism and technology. Pico Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father�s) for the last three decades-a continuing exploration of his message and its effectiveness. "Decades Old? No Problem: Publisher Makes a Bet on Aging Books". ^ "Open Road Starts Imprint for Out-of-Print Books"."WSJ News Exclusive | David Steinberger-Led Group Buys Ebook Publisher Open Road". The co-directors of the publisher are to stay with the company as Open Road Integrated Media buys it. "US-Based Open Road Acquires UK Publisher Bloodhound Books". ^ "Open Road: Friedman Named Chairman, Slavin CEO".^ "Jane Friedman says Open Road is Like "Knopf in the '70s" ".^ "Open Road Buys Premier Digital E-book Line". "Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Open Road E-Book Dispute". ^ "Harper Charges Open Road with Infringement in E-Release of 'Julie of the Wolves' "."Investment Group Led by David Steinberger Buys Open Road". "New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles". ^ a b Swanson, Clare (21 September 2015).According to the New York Times, Re-Discovery Lit utilizes Open Road’s “machine learning technology” to find readers for these republished works, which include books by authors such as Barbara Delinsky and Roger Angell. In May 2023, Open Road launched Re-Discovery Lit, an imprint to publish books that had gone out of print or otherwise been reverted by publishers back to authors. Steinberger became CEO in January of 2022. The sale was reported to be between $60 and $80 million. ĭavid Steinberger, formerly CEO of Perseus Books Group and Arcadia Publishing, led an investment group that acquired Open Road Integrated Media in 2021. In July 2021, the company acquired the independent Cambridge,UK ebook publisher Bloodhound Books. to provide browser-based ebooks to elementary school libraries. In 2016, Open Road partnered with OverDrive, Inc. Media veteran Paul Slavin joined the company as president in 2015 and was named CEO in 2016. Īfter acquiring the content of independent publishers E-Reads and Premier Digital in 2014, and signing deals with other publishers and authors, the Open Road Media catalog expanded to 10,000 titles by 2015. In March of 2014, the New York district court judge ruled in favor of HarperCollins, stating that the contract language included digital rights. The suit disputed whether book contracts written before the existence of ebooks granted publishers digital rights or whether they were retained by the author. In 2011, HarperCollins filed a copyright infringement suit against Open Road over the ebook edition of children's novel Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George. Delany, Alice Walker, John Ashbery, Robin McKinley, Michael Chabon, Sherman Alexie, Pearl S. The Open Road Media catalog includes authors such as William Styron, Pat Conroy, Joan Didion, Samuel R. History įormer HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman and film producer Jeffrey Sharp launched Open Road Integrated Media with the goal of bringing backlist books back to life in digital formats and partnering with writers of contemporary and classic works. Publishing veteran David Steinberger and an investment group including Abry Partners, MEP Capital, and Grove Atlantic acquired the company in 2021, and Steinberger was named CEO in 2022. In addition to its ebook publishing business, Open Road Integrated Media is the parent company of book publisher Open Road Media and content brands Early Bird Books, The Lineup, The Archive, Murder & Mayhem, A Love So True, and The Portalist. Open Road Integrated Media or ORIM (stylized as OR/M and also called Open Road ) is a digital media company in New York City that was created by Jane Friedman and Jeffrey Sharp in 2009 with a focus on publishing ebook editions of older works of literature and nonfiction. Re-Discovery Lit, Open Road Media, Open Road Media Young Readers, Bloodhound Books
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