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Fleming estate to publish James Bond e-books
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11-04-2010, 12:52 PM | #2 |
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I remember at one point they were all in the Kindle store. Then they were pulled and notices were that they would be back shortly. That was a couple of years ago.
EDIT: It seems they are in the Kindle Store now and I missed the article said this was for the U.K. Last edited by daffy4u; 11-04-2010 at 01:00 PM. |
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And they are probably right. James Bond is an icon and a global franchise. Most folks probably have at least a basic idea of who/what he is. He doesn't need to be sold - the movies take care of that, and I suspect a surge of backlist activity when a new Bond film comes out, and people get curious about the book it was based on. Why have Penguin UK in the chain and taking a cut for the ebooks? Their presence doesn't offer anything of sufficient value to justify them getting a cut of the take. The question is how good a job the estate will do on the electronic editions, which will come down to who they contract with to do the conversion. ______ Dennis |
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Yup you can buy them in the US but they are ridiculously priced for me. Just under $10 for books that are reasonably old. I have them all in Paperback and a few in hardback. If they were priced at the $5 level I would probably buy them for my Kindle. (shrugs)
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11-04-2010, 06:29 PM | #6 |
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How many James Bond books are there? I know there are 14 by Ian Fleming but I recently saw a fairly new one by Sebastian Faulks called 'Devil May Care'. Is it kind of like the Bourne series where someone else writes James Bond books now?
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11-04-2010, 06:45 PM | #7 |
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It's been like that for some time. John Gardner wrote a bunch of them starting in the early 80s, then there have been several authors after him, including a kids line of books...
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11-04-2010, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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In Canada, Ian Fleming's James Bond series of novels are available from Penguin in paperback for $16 each. Amazon.ca has them for $11.58. Chapters (bricks and mortar) has them for $15.50.
But, also in Canada, I can buy the Kindle editions from Amazon.com for $9.58, published by "Ian Fleming Publications Ltd". Ian Fleming died in 1964 and his books will be PD in Canada in 2015. Plus, as this author's heirs (whose rich uncle expired 45 years ago) have probably munched handily on the movies rights over the years ... is it any wonder the entire series is easily found on the darknet? Given all this, which do you suppose I am going to buy? It is pricing like this which drives bad behaviour in consumers. The Bond books ought to be released at $5 to $7 each and in new editions with fully corrected texts and some sort of extra content. I'd bet famous authors would line up round the block several times for the chance to be among the 14 chosen to write a 5000 word preface for their favourite Bond memory. Last edited by SensualPoet; 11-04-2010 at 07:39 PM. |
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Better off rereading the originals. James Bond : 01 Casino Royale - Ian Fleming James Bond : 02 Live and Let Die - Ian Fleming James Bond : 03 Moonraker - Ian Fleming James Bond : James Bond and Moonraker (novelisation) - Christopher Wood James Bond : 04 Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming James Bond : 05 From Russia, With Love - Ian Fleming James Bond : 06 Dr. No - Ian Fleming James Bond : 07 Goldfinger - Ian Fleming James Bond : 08 For Your Eyes Only - Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only : 01 From a View to a Kill - Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only : 02 For Your Eyes Only - Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only : 03 Quantum of Solace - Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only : 04 Risico - Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only : 05 The Hildebrand Rarity - Ian Fleming James Bond : 09 Thunderball - Ian Fleming James Bond : 10 The Spy Who Loved Me - Ian Fleming James Bond : The Spy Who Loved Me (novelisation) - Christopher Wood James Bond : 11 On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ian Fleming James Bond : 12 You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming James Bond : 13 The Man With The Golden Gun - Ian Fleming James Bond : 14 Octopussy and the Living Daylights - Ian Fleming Octopussy and the Living Daylights : 01 Octopussy - Ian Fleming Octopussy and the Living Daylights : 02 The Living Daylights - Ian Fleming Octopussy and the Living Daylights : 03 The Property of a Lady - Ian Fleming Octopussy and the Living Daylights : 04 007 in New York - Ian Fleming James Bond : 15 Colonel Sun - Kingsley Amis James Bond : 16 Licence Renewed - John Gardner James Bond : 17 For Special Services - John Gardner James Bond : 18 Icebreaker - John Gardner James Bond : 19 Role of Honour - John Gardner James Bond : 20 Nobody Lives For Ever - John Gardner James Bond : 21 No Deals, Mr Bond - John Gardner James Bond : 22 Scorpius - John Gardner James Bond : 23 Win Lose or Die - John Gardner James Bond : 24 Licence to Kill - John Gardner James Bond : 25 Brokenclaw - John Gardner James Bond : 26 The Man From Barbarossa - John Gardner James Bond : 27 Death is Forever - John Gardner James Bond : 28 Never Send Flowers - John Gardner James Bond : 29 SeaFire - John Gardner James Bond : 30 Cold (vt Cold Fire) - John Gardner James Bond : 31 Goldeneye - John Gardner James Bond : 32 Zero Minus Ten - Raymond Benson James Bond : 33 Tomorrow Never Dies - Raymond Benson James Bond : 34 The Facts of Death - Raymond Benson James Bond : 35 High Time to Kill - Raymond Benson James Bond : 36 The World is Not Enough - Raymond Benson James Bond : 37 Doubleshot - Raymond Benson James Bond : 38 Never Dream of Dying - Raymond Benson James Bond : 39 Die Another Day - Raymond Benson James Bond : 40 The Man With The Red Tattoo - Raymond Benson James Bond : 41 Devil May Care - Sebastian Faulks |
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I liked Gardner's Bond up until he changed Bond into some type of weird economic based spy. Benson was doing a nice job with the franchise. Bond returned to being more dark and tormented.
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There's also "Young Bond"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Bond And "The Adventures of James Bond Jr." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/003%C2%...es_Bond_Junior Which seems to have been made into a cartoon... |
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11-04-2010, 10:18 PM | #14 |
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Thanks for that list Blue Tyson. I was really hoping for something like that. It amazes me how few of these are actually ebooks.
Thanks for the links as well JeremyR. I remember watching James Bond Jr. as a child. Sadly I dont remember if it was any good. |
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The works of Albert Camus, Nevil Shute and Boris Pasternak, each who died in 1960, become PD in 2011. Also Vicki Baum of Grand Hotel, Emily Post (!), ??? See also: http://www.nndb.com/lists/470/000106152/ I wish I could find an easy Google way of finding authors, wiki, died 1960. |
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