A reader on the Kindle forum wrote to Penguin asking for a title to be made available as an ebook and got the following response:
"Thank you for your inquiry regarding the availability COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO of Penguin Group (USA) books in digital format.
We are currently involved in the massive effort of converting as many new and back list titles to ebooks as we can, and we hope to be able to provide our customers with each and every title that they wish to see. We cannot specify when [insert title and/or series] will be made available; however, do know that we are working through the process.
If you would like to be notified when we publish new titles by your favorite author, search for the author's name on our website at
http://www.penguingroup.com and choose any title; posted under the title's description is a box that reads "Email Alerts." Click the box next to "please alert me when the author releases another book," enter your email address in the box and click "go." Please note: If the author no longer has an active book on our site, the e-mail alert will not function.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us."
Hopefully, other publishers will follow suit.
Jim