New digital short works series for Penguin

Posts : 3379 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Penguin is launching a digital series of exclusive short works called Penguin Shorts, releasing nine titles by authors including Helen Dunmore, Toby Young, Colm Toibin and Saul David.

The short works will be released on 1st December and will have a launch price of £1.99, with fiction and non-fiction works included, and will be available at all "good e-book retailers".

The first of a Great Battles series to be available through Penguin Shorts; and Great Battles: The Battle of Isandlwana by Saul David.

From Saul David website:-
On 1 December Penguin launches its Shorts , a series of digital-only publications, and Saul is one of the nine guinea-pigs with a 10,000 word essay on Isandlwana (part of a Great Battle series), taken from his bestselling history Zulu. Price £1.99. Bargain. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-digital-short-works-series-penguin.html

Posts : 116 Join date : 2011-06-17

How do you mean online publication.
You put your cc in and get a pdf download.
Is that it

Posts : 3379 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi Eric

I have not purchased the publication yet, but have found the following:-

Thank you for selecting the eBook version of "Great Battles: The Battle of Isandlwana (Penguin Shorts)"
Please note that Downloadable eBooks may not be returned once purchased.
Please also note, ebooks are only available to UK customers.
This eBook is in the protected "ePub eBook" format secured with Adobe Digital Rights Management. Please ensure that your eBook reader supports this format. You will need to ensure that you have installed and authorised Adobe Digital Editions. If you have an up-to-date Sony Reader you can transfer your eBook to it by connecting the reader to your computer (PC only) and copying it to your reader within Adobe Digital Editions.
To protect copyrights in the digital environment, the eBook file may be encrypted and may not be printable or otherwise reproduced.

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780241962398,00.html#

Posts : 116 Join date : 2011-06-17

Why have an e book only available to the UK.
That sort of goes against the whole philosophy of the internet age.

Subject: New Digital Short Works Series - Penguin Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:30 pm

Hi Graves1879 .

In referance to your last post on this matter ........ Suspect

. :lol!: . NFI to me !.
cheers 90th . Shocked

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