eNews Round-Up: S&S Wins Catch-22; HMH Offers Saramago eBundle; Nook en Espanol; Kobo Creates eBook Gifting; WH Smith Restores Some Agency Titles; Lagardere/Google Agreement Could Be a “Framework” for Others; Amazon Buys Toby Press List (Phew)

– Simon & Schuster has successfully negotiated terms with the Joseph Heller estate and agent Amanda Urban at ICM to issue an ebook version of the classic novel CATCH-22. Start-up Open Road had said a year ago that they would be publishing the title as an ebook, but that announcement was made prior to execution of a contract (unlike the William Styron and Pat Conroy licenses announced at the same time). S&S publisher Jon Karp tells the AP, “we both realized the benefits of coming to terms sooner rather than later, and happily we did.” Open Road spokesman Josh Raffel […]