Amazon announced today that it’s acquired a ten-year license for the North American rights to the print and digital James Bond backlist, as well as James Bond author Ian Fleming’s two nonfiction titles. All of the books will be reissued by Amazon Publishing’s mystery and thriller imprint, Thomas & Mercer, starting this summer.
“We believe that Amazon Publishing has the ability to place the books back at the heart of the Bond brand, balancing traditional publishing routes with new technologies and new ways of reaching our readers,” Ian Fleming Publications managing director Corinne Turner said in the release.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Bond e-books “will be initially available only via Amazon’s Kindle e-book store.” That means that Barnes & Noble will likely refuse to carry the print books.
Penguin had held world English print rights to the books, but suggested to The Bookseller that renewing those rights was not worth the high cost. Amazon has repeatedly demonstrated that it will spend large sums of money on acquiring titles, but publishers likely did not suspect that the company was in the running for the James Bond books.
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“We believe that Amazon Publishing has the ability to place the books back at the heart of the Bond brand, balancing traditional publishing routes with new technologies and new ways of reaching our readers,” Ian Fleming Publications managing director Corinne Turner said in the release.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Bond e-books “will be initially available only via Amazon’s Kindle e-book store.” That means that Barnes & Noble will likely refuse to carry the print books.
Penguin had held world English print rights to the books, but suggested to The Bookseller that renewing those rights was not worth the high cost. Amazon has repeatedly demonstrated that it will spend large sums of money on acquiring titles, but publishers likely did not suspect that the company was in the running for the James Bond books.
Rest at Paid Content.
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