The Catcher in the Rye was written and published long before electronic rights were even thought of, so I am betting the original contracts don't have them. I don't know when Salinger might have sign new contracts, he was a pretty private guy and didn't seek to have a lot of his works published. There was talk after he passed away that some new works might be brought to the public by his family. This may be one of those ocassions where the author specifically keeped the electronic rights and prevented it from being published.
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