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According to the Midcontinent Public Library and Based on the Book, more than 1,200 books, novels, short stories, and plays have been made into English language feature films—and that's just since 1980! In fact, all but two of this year's Academy Award Best Picture nominees are based on books including The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Moneyball, and War Horse.  

Of course it's no secret that Hollywood producers and bestselling authors don't always see eye-to-eye when it comes to writing the all-important screenplay adaptation; but with patience, respect, and determination, success—and maybe ...

It's probably safe to say more than 10 million ereaders were gifted this holiday season [and, of course, that includes "gifting" oneself!].  For many, now, the big question looming is: Where to begin?  

There's a lot of advice to be had on the subject—I'm particularly partial to Open Road Media's StarterPack Flowchart System—but let's say you already know what you want to read, right now. . . a spinetingling mystery.  The only question is: Which one?  

Check out Open Road's Ultimate Perfect Crime Sampler Pack over at Scribd.com for excerpts from more than two dozen beloved and ...

Open Road Media publishes hundreds of titles from dozens of the world’s bestselling crime and mystery writers.  Our recently announced publishing partnership with Otto Penzler’s MysteriousPress.com ensures more thrills and chills coming your way!

Open Road Media Crime Masters

   

Peter Blauner, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author best known for his full immersion style of research and gritty urban novels.

A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, Lawrence Block is an internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author.

 

Stephen Coonts is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight thriller, suspense, and nonfiction ...

Open Road Media announces the ebook publication of The Eagle Has Landed from internationally bestselling author Jack Higgins. Originally published in 1975, and later adapted into a movie starring Michael Caine, The Eagle Has Landed recounts Heinrich Himmler’s audacious plan to kidnap Churchill on British soil. 

New content for reviewers and readers includes:

•  Review copies via NetGalley at www.netgalley.com

•  Behind-the-scenes author commentary & videos at www.openroadmedia.com

•  Illustrated biography in each ebook, including never-before-seen photographs from Higgins’s private collection.

 

 

AVAILABLE 3/29/2011

Amazon.com, Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Kobo Books, Overdrive, and Sony Reader Store

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Open Road Media is proud to release multiple ebook titles from the backlists of several of the biggest, bestselling names in the world of suspense.

With a combined total of more than 325 published novels to their credit, in addition to countless short stories, screenplays, articles and more, Lawrence Block, Stephen Coonts, Carl Hiaasen, Jack Higgins, Jonathon King, Ruth Rendell, Robert K. Tanenbaum, and Don Winslow give new meaning to the term "bestselling author."

Download a PDF of the full press release here.

Open Road Integrated Media, a digital content company that publishes and markets ebooks by creating connections between authors and their audiences, announced today that it is publishing twenty-four of Jack Higgins’s titles in the U.S. as ebooks as part of its Author Branded Program. The ebooks are on sale today, and Open Road will be releasing print- on-demand paperback editions of the books in the coming weeks.

Jack Higgins is widely considered to be the ...