Pan Macmillan has announced a partnership between its new digital imprint, Macmillan Bello, and Curtis Brown. Macmillan Bello was previously known as Macmillan Compass, the working title for the imprint when its forthcoming launch was first announced in June this year.
From November 2011 to the end of the year, Macmillan Bello will publish 120 e-books drawn exclusively from Curtis Brown’s list, with a further 400 titles to follow later next year. Macmillan Bello will publish in digital format and its ebooks will be distributed through Pan Macmillan’s standard channels. It will also make all titles available in Print on Demand (POD) editions.
The launch list includes novels from Gerald Durrell, bestselling conservationist author and founder of the Durrell Wildlife Trust; the iconic English writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West; Francis Durbridge, author of classic detective fiction; novelist and critic D J Taylor, who recently featured on this year’s Man Booker long list.
