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Gollancz adds more titles to Gateway

28.09.11 | Charlotte Williams

Gollancz has signed a deal with US e-book publisher E-Reads to publish e-book editions in the UK and Commonwealth of almost 400 sci-fi and fantasy titles as part of its Gateway initiative.

Orion deputy c.e.o. and publisher Malcolm Edwards and Gollancz digital publisher Darren Nash negotiated the deal, which includes works by more than 50 authors, with E-Reads founder and president Richard Curtis and agent Danny Baror of Baror International. Titles by authors such as Greg Bear, Harlan Ellison, James Gunn, Fritz Leiber and George Zebrowski will be published in Gateway editions in 2011.

Deputy c.e.o. and publisher Malcolm Edwards said: "Richard Curtis has been a pioneering figure in e-book publishing in the USA, and E-Reads has acquired rights in a lot of books which were on our wish list for Gateway. I'm therefore delighted that we've managed to persuade Richard that we're able to offer a persuasive plan for selling them in our markets."

Curtis said: "Though E-Reads has been distributing its e-books in the UK, we felt that our authors would be served having a British publisher take charge of sales and marketing. And what better publisher than Gollancz, whose amazing fantasy and science fiction list is a perfect fit for our own?"

Gollancz's Gateway project launched earlier this month, making more than 1,000 titles by authors including Philip K Dick and Arthur C Clarke available as e-books through all major e-retailers. 

• Charlotte Williams
• Darren Nash
• digital
• e-reads
• gateway
• Gollancz
• greg bear
• harlan ellison
• Malcolm Edwards