DZanc Books Reprint Series

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I guess its a few months old already but I just discovered this while looking for some more Stephen Graham Jones books. Blurb and link below.

"The Dzanc Books rEprint Series is dedicated to publishing great works of contemporary literature that are deserving and clearly will benefit from having their work appear in electronic form. Our efforts include works that have recently gone out of print, books in print that have yet to be converted to e-form, as well as titles where the author holds the eBook rights and is looking for a publishing partner for the electronic version of their book. Starting in Summer 2011, these works will be made available by Dzanc to the reading public in the form of eBooks compatible with all currently available eBook platforms, distributed both directly from Dzanc and through eBook resellers."

http://www.dzancbooks.org/reprint-series/

Its a pretty astonishing idea and I hope it gets enough traction to keep going, or to encourage other publishers/companies to do the same (although maybe they have and I just missed it). I think it also highlights one of the strengths of the e-book revolution, where authors can make their works more readily available to readers through new channels. Awesome stuff.