Jane Friedman's Open Road Continues to Thrive

From Examiner.com:

As former ambassador Mitchell Reiss is set to begin his new position as president of Washington College, he also announced that he is writing a book, Negotiating With Evil, on the ins and outs of negotiating--or not--with terrorists. As someone knowledgable about the subject, the real surprise is not that he is writing the book--but that he chose to go straight to ebook format with the publication.

Reiss will be publishing his book through Open Road Integrated Media, founded by former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman and film producer Jeffrey Sharp.

Reiss is not the only author to choose ebook format over traditional publishing methods. He's joined by the likes of rize-winning author John Edgar Wideman and crime novlist J. A. Konrath--both of whom enjoy very strong sales through lulu.com and Amazon's AmazonEncore.

Open Road has been having success with the novels of late author William Styron, who wrote The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice, and others. Those titles were released on May 4th and have been ranking high for Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. ...