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Churchill books to be digital editions

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (l) is seen pictured with Statesman Averell Harriman (c) and Soviet strongman Josef Stalin at the Kremlin in this 1942 file photo. UPI cs/files
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (l) is seen pictured with Statesman Averell Harriman (c) and Soviet strongman Josef Stalin at the Kremlin in this 1942 file photo. UPI cs/files | License Photo

LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- Books written by Sir Winston Churchill will be available in downloadable e-book editions later this year, a U.S. publisher says.

RosettaBooks has signed a global licensing arrangement that will see works by the former British prime minister sold in digital form around the world, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.

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Churchill was a prolific writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.

"It's wildly unusual to have a world leader who is also a writer, especially when they were such an important figure for 60 years," RosettaBooks Chief Executive Arthur Klebanoff said.

"And Churchill was an extraordinary writer."

Volumes of his work in e-book form will cost between $7 and $9 each and the first seven will go on sale via digital books stores July 1.

Forty books by Churchill, including his "A History of the English Speaking Peoples," will eventually be made available in digital format.

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