14.11.11 | Charlotte Williams - The BooksellerThe short works will be released on 1st December and will have a launch price of £1.99, with fiction and non-fiction works included, and will be available at all "good e-book retailers". Penguin aims to release new titles each month, with each e-book branded with Penguin's tri-band design. Penguin US will adopt the Penguin Shorts branding in 2012 to make it a global Penguin initiative.
The nine launch titles will be A Guest at the Feast by Colm Toibin, a memoir of his days growing up in Ireland during the 1950s and 1960s; At the Hairdressers by Anita Brookner, a novella exploring issues of trust, betrayal and loneliness; Protection by Helen Dunmore, a story examining how far you would go to ensure your family's safety; The Happiness of Blond People by Elif Shafak, an examination of national identity and immigration; How To Set Up a Free School by Toby Young; How to Be a Rogue Trader by John Gapper; recipe title Perfect Christmas Day by Felicity Cloake; The Battle of Alamein: North Africa 1942 by John Bierman & Colin Smith, the first of a Great Battles series to be available through Penguin Shorts; and Great Battles: The Battle of Isandlwana by Saul David.
Viking publishing director Venetia Butterfield said: "Since Penguin introduced affordable quality books over 75 years ago, we have always tried to find innovative ways to give readers intelligent writing at a low price-and Penguin Shorts does exactly that. They are explicitly designed to be read anywhere, on any device, in a small space of time-and fill a genuine gap in the market. We are extremely proud to be launching with such an incredible array of talented writers who, between them, cover a completely fascinating range of subjects."
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