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(April 26, 2012) Open Road Integrated Media, an established digital publisher and multimedia content company, and Barcelona eBooks, a new English-language digital publishing house with offices in both Barcelona and New York, announced today that they have formed an international digital publishing partnership.

Jane Friedman, cofounder and CEO of Open Road, said that “Barcelona eBooks is a formidable independent publisher, founded by the incomparable Blanca Rosa Roca, with a unique catalog that will appeal to English readers everywhere.  We are excited about our agreement with Barcelona eBooks.  The new partnership builds upon our International Publishing Program that was recently launched with The ...

In “The Man in the Empty Boat,” Salzman Confronts a Challenging Year With A Sense of Humor And Hope For Personal Peace 

(New York, NY – February 13th , 2012) Open Road Integrated Media (www.openroadmedia.com), a digital publisher and multimedia content company, announced today that it is digitally publishing an E-riginal from award-winning and best-selling writer Mark Salzman. In the memoir The Man in the Empty Boat, a book of love and family, loss and enlightenment, Salzman confronts a year of catastrophe in which he suffers from acute anxiety and debilitating panic attacks all compounded by the sudden ...

Last night we celebrated the release of Go the F**k to Sleep with publisher Akashic Books, author Adam Mansbach, illustrator Ricardo Cortés, special guests, and hundreds of fans at the New York Public Library.

The Library’s Paul Holdengräber facilitated a truly hilarious panel between author Adam Mansbach, illustrator Ricardo Cortés and print publisher Johnny Temple. It all began with a recording of Werner Herzog intensely reading the book aloud—as if he’d read the book any other way—and continued with fun and humorous conversations about child psychology, sleep deprivation, Samuel L. Jackson, Mesopotamia, and controversies surrounding the book. Most interesting may ...

Launch Ebooks Include Titles from James Ellroy, Charles McCarry, Ross Thomas, Joseph Wambaugh, Thomas H. Cook, Colin Dexter, Donald E. Westlake and Others

(New York, NY June 6th 2011) Open Road Integrated Media Inc. (www.openroadmedia.com), a digital publisher and multimedia content company, and Otto Penzler, the founder of the Mysterious Press and the Mysterious Bookshop, announced today a new digital publishing partnership to bring classic mystery and crime books to E. Penzler is launching MysteriousPress.com to acquire a diverse range of mystery and ...

“Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.”

—Josephine Hart, Damage, 1991

Josephine Hart passed away on June 2, 2011, after a private battle with cancer. Josephine was an accomplished novelist and a tireless champion of poetry. As an author and friend, we remember her as generous, brilliant, and endlessly gracious. We were all in awe of her powerful, magnetic presence—both on the page and in person.

"I have admired Josephine Hart since we first met at Knopf, the original publisher of Damage, in 1991. Her talent was palpable," said Jane Friedman, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media.

“Last May, ...

The Wildly Successful Bedtime Book for Parents Goes the F**K to E Starting on June 14

(New York, NY May 25th, 2011) Akashic Books (www.akashicbooks.com), an independent New York publisher dedicated to the reverse-gentrification of the literary world, and Open Road Integrated Media (www.openroadmedia.com), a digital publisher and multimedia content company, today announced that Open Road will digitize, distribute, and market ebook versions of Go the F**k to Sleep, a bedtime book for parents that has already received extraordinary attention worldwide. The traditional ebook will go on sale June 14, 2011, the same date as the hardcover book. Open Road ...

Don’t miss Open Road Media CEO Jane Friedman at Digital Book World 2011
on the keynote panel on Tuesday, January 25.

From 9:00 – 10:00 am, “A CEO’s View of the Future” will feature Jane alongside Brian Napack (Macmillan), David Steinberger (Perseus), Michael Hyatt (Thomas Nelson), and David Nussbaum (F+W Media). Have a look at what to expect (via DBW):

Digital Book World 2011 will present an exclusive panel discussion featuring senior executives from some of the largest, most innovative and successful media companies today.

During the panel, each executive will offer practical insights into what’s worked (and what hasn’t) ...