Why it's so hard to get those e-Books outside the U.S.
For all my readers outside the U.S. who are wondering why it's still so hard—or impossible—to get books in digital form, this New York Times article offers some insight.
Illustration: "Dig," by Sadie Wendell Mitchell, c1909, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Recent foreign editions
Just thought I'd share two covers from abroad that arrived recently, both for
,
my Venice-set book.
I scanned the spine on this Czech version to show the way the cover art flows into it. I wonder if this cover has appeared elsewhere: Amid the flowery lace is written 92 Pino. Does anyone remember seeing this picture before?
And here's the German edition:
