E-edition out for Rick Moody s The Ice Storm

eapcontent. ap. orgThis photo provided by Open Road Integrated Media shows the particular cover of the book, "The Ice Storm, " by author Ron Moody. Electronic editions of four of Moody�s books went on selling Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, launched by the digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media. (Open Road Built-in Media via AP)NEW YORK (AP) - Rick Moody is lastly letting "The Ice Storm" plus some of his other previous functions come out as e-books. <br>Electronic editions of four of Moody's books went on sale Tuesday, released by digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media. Besides "The Ice Tornado, " the other books include the new "Purple America, " the memoir "The Black Veil" and the brief fiction collection "The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven. " In a recent email, Moody told The Associated Press he had already been reluctant to grant electronic rights because most publishers treated the e-editions as "an ancillary part of the lives of my books. "<br>"I was never comfortable, in the past, with how people were talking about the e-books of my backlist, and thus the delay, " Moody wrote. <br>Open Road was co-founded in 2009 simply by former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman and now has some 10, 000 digital books in its catalog, from Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" to Pat Conroy's "The Prince associated with Tides. "<br>Moody declined to discuss financial details, although Open Road is famous for offering 50 percent royalties on e-book sales, double what traditional publishers usually offer. <br>"Their strategy is very much about writers plus writing, and they are unencumbered by traditional thinking about how to connect readers with literature, " Moody told the particular AP. "Best of all, their list is remarkable. It would be hard to think about another publisher that has been as intense and forward-thinking about literature in the digital age, and with such great flavor. "<br>Moody, 54, is best known for "The Ice Storm, " the 1994 novel about a pair of troubled provincial families in 1970s Connecticut that became a feature film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. The particular book is part of Open Road's "Iconics" series, which includes "The Color Purple, " Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying" and dozens of additional notable works. <br>Tuesday was also the release date for Moody's new story, "Hotels of North America, " published by Little, Brown and Co. <br>___<br>Online: <br>website <br>More from Associated Press:  <br><br>GOP candidates in high-stakes chess go with in South Carolina  <br><br>Israeli mayor 'happy for help' from Hezbollah threats   <br><br>Obama chides senators to 'do their job, ' vote upon court pick  <br><br>Judge: Apple should help US hack San Bernardino killer's phone  <br><br>Iran snubs Doha proposal, won't deep freeze on oil output level