RIP: J.D. Salinger dies at 91
American literary great J.D. Salinger died today, he was 91. According to Harold Ober, Salinger’s representative, the writer died of natural causes. Here’s a brief excerpt from the New York Times J.D. Salinger, Literary Recluse, Dies at 91:
He bragged in college about his literary talent and ambitions, and wrote swaggering letters to Whit Burnett, the editor of Story magazine. But success, once it arrived, paled quickly for him. He told the editors of Saturday Review that he was “good and sick” of seeing his photograph on the dust jacket of “The Catcher in the Rye” and demanded that it be removed from subsequent editions. He ordered his agent to burn any fan mail.
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
1 comment - Latest by: Donny Black : Sad to see this great but slightly odd man pass from this world. His book The catcher in the Rye is ... More

they’re released as ebooks. This ’strategy’ is not very business smart. Why? Because when a publisher/author refuses to release a book in ebook format for fear of pirating, it gets pirated anyway. I’ve pointed this out in one of my most commented-on posts
The Legitimate Pirate, Aug 28, 2010 re: J.K. Rowling still fighting ebook piracy, and ebooks are still being demonized