Posts Tagged ‘Books’

Shocking no one, ‘The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner’ the Eclipse Novella has sold over 1 million copies in the US since its June 5th debut.  This makes it the top selling book in the US to date for 2010.

The Twilight Saga series of books have sold more then 100 million copies in the last five years.

An addition, since $1 for every book sold was donated to the American Red Cross, that means that $1 million dollars was raised!!!

Charlaine Harris has posted chapter 1 of ‘Dead in the Family’ up on her website!!!

‘Dead in the Family’ is the 10th book in the ‘Sookie Stackhouse’ novels!!

You can read it HERE

Right now you book is scheduled for release in May 4, 2010.  You can pre-order over at Amazon.com!!

Be sure to also check out ‘True Blood’ on HBO which is based on the Sookie Stackhouse Novels.  The 3rd season is expected in late June of 2010!!

Earlier today DeadlineHollywood.com announced that Summit Entertainment is officially making ‘Breaking Dawn’ (the 4th and largest novel in the series) into 2 films. With filming starting in October and both films being shot back to back.

Only problem with this…Its not Official!!

Per GossipCop.com

The official word given to Gossip Cop from a rep for Summit is, “No decision has been made and as we have said all along we are continuing to work with Stephenie Meyer to bring Breaking Dawn to the big screen.”

HOWEVER, a well-placed source tells Gossip Cop dividing Breaking Dawn into two pictures “is the direction that it’s going in.” We’re told that from a practical standpoint, separating the story into two parts and shooting back-to-back is what makes most sense.

Earlier reports seem to be fairly accurate when it comes to timing, specifically, that filming may begin in October.

Hopefully this means we will be getting some kind of official statement soon from Summit!!

Below is the official Press Release from Little,Brown regarding the release of Twilight the Graphic Novel Vol 1.

“Yen Press, the graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group, announced that it will publish the highly-anticipated first volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight on March 16, 2010. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 will be released in hardcover for $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) with a first printing of 350,000 copies. As is typical in graphic novel publishing, due to the length of the prose novel, the book will be divided into two volumes and the release date for the second volume is forthcoming.

Twilight: The Graphic Novel contains selected text from Meyer’s original novel with illustrations by Korean artist Young Kim. A rare fusion of Asian and Western comic techniques is reflected in this black-and-white graphic novel with color interspersed throughout. Meyer consulted throughout the artistic process and had input on every panel.

“I’ve enjoyed working on this new interpretation of Twilight,” said Meyer. “Young has done an incredible job transforming the words that I have written into beautiful images. The characters and settings are very close to what I was imagining while writing the series.”

Kurt Hassler, Yen Press Publishing Director, said, “Few American publishing properties are better suited to introduce a vast readership to the medium of graphic novel than the phenomenon that is Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight. Yen Press will certainly continue to expand this audience with the help of Bella and Edward.”

In four years, Stephenie Meyer has become a worldwide publishing phenomenon. The Twilight Saga’s translation rights have been sold in nearly 50 countries and 85 million copies have been sold worldwide.

Yen Press is an imprint of Hachette Book Group dedicated to publishing graphic novels for adults and young readers. Yen Press’ focus is primarily on licensed manga, but also publishes across the wide spectrum of the graphic novel market, including, but not limited to: original manga publications, original American comics/graphic novels, webcomics, licensed adaptations, and children’s graphic novels.”

In addition to the above press release, EW.com has an exclusive preview of the graphic novel and a look at a recent interview with Stephenie Meyer:

The text of your original novel is boiled down so carefully that it doesn’t feel like anything is missing. Were you the one who did that?

I was definitely involved. I didn’t do the original “script” for the book, so to speak. But when I got the dialogue with the images, I did a lot of tinkering. In a couple of places, I asked for missing scenes to be inserted. For example, the conversation in the car that Bella and Edward have after she faints in Biology.

How does the feeling of reading the graphic novel compare to that of reading the original? Does it bring something new to the experience for you?

For me, it takes me back to the days when I was writing Twilight. It’s been a while since I was really able to read Twilight; there is so much baggage attached to that book for me now. It seems like all I can see are the mistakes in the writing. Reading Young’s version brought me back to the feeling I had when I was writing and it was just me and the characters again. I love that. I thank her for it.

When this project is done, are you done with Twilight?

I can’t say that I am done with Twilight forever. I’m not working on anything new Twilight-related now, and probably not for a while. But there’s still a possibility that I’ll go back and close some of the open doors.

Click HERE to see the exclusive preview!!!

Check out the newly released cover art for the latest Sookie Stackhouse novel ‘Dead in the Family’.

This will be the 10th book in the series.

‘Dead in the Family’ will be released in May 2010.

Also be sure to check out Season 3 of HBO’s True Blood when it returns in May/June of 2010.