Cornerstone releases Harper Lee enhanced ebook

Cornerstone today releases an enhanced digital edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s book was released as an ebook for the first time in July, after Cornerstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the ebook and digital audio. The special enhanced digital edition includes an an extract of the audiobook read by Sissy Spacek and six videos from the documentary "Hey Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird" Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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