News For Nerds is a feature here on Katie’s Book Blog to help catch you up on all the bookish news you might have missed. Check back every Sunday to find out about cover reveals, book deals, movie news, and more.
Ebook steals:
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-A Spy in the House (The Agency #1) by Y.S. Lee – $2.99 – Amazon
-The Body at the Tower (The Agency #2) by Y.S. Lee – $2.99 – Amazon
-The Traitor in the Tunnel (The Agency #3) by Y.S. Lee – $2.99 – Amazon
-Forgotten by Cat Patrick – $2.99 – Amazon
-Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale – $.99 – Amazon
-Darkwood by M.E. Breen – $1.99 – Amazon
Movie news:
The film rights to one of my favorite books of the year have been picked up. Shadow And Bone by Leigh Bardugo has been picked up by Dreamworks with David Heyman, the producer of Harry Potter, set to produce. For more information check out Deadline’s article here!
New Line has acquired the movie rights for Maggie Stiefvater’s latest novel, The Raven Boys. Find out more in The Hollywood Reporter’s article here!
Alcon Entertainment has acquired the movie rights for Margaret Stohl’s first solo novel, Icons. Find out more in The Hollywood Reporter’s article here!
Warner Brothers has acquired the screen rights to The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos. The Planet Thieves is a young adult novel set to be published May 2013 from Tor. For more information check out Deadline’s article here!
Publishing news:
Katie Kacvinsky self published a sequel to First Comes Love called Second Chance. You can now purchase Second Chance as an ebook. For more information check out Katie Kacvinsky’s blog post here!
Melissa Marr and HarperCollins are being sued for the use of the title “Carnival Of Souls.” I know very little about this matter but Bookalicious has a wonderful post letting people know exactly what is going on. You can check it out here.
Gretchen McNeil just announced her new book deal. Get Even and Get Dirty are the first two books in the Don’t Get Mad series, a series pitched as Revenge meets The Breakfast Club. For more details and to congratulate Gretchen, visit her blog post here.
Abbi Glines’ self-published books, The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers, have been picked up by Simon Pulse. The Vincent Boys will be published in both hardcover and trade paperback simultaneously on October 30, 2012. The Vincent Brothers will follow on December 18, 2012. Both are currently available as ebooks from Simon Pulse. I’m very eager to check out this series especially now that Simon Pulse has picked it up. =)
Book trailer of the week:
Noteworthy articles/blog posts:
According to a new study, 55% of young adult books are bought by adults for adults. For some reason this doesn’t come as much of a shock to me. The study classifies people 18 and over as adults so I’m one of those adults that buys YA and I’m sure a lot of you guys are too. It’s a very interesting article and you can check it out here.
Word For Teens has an amazing guest post from Sean Ferrell on characterization, specifically about Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter books. Reading this post will cause you to see Neville in a completely different light and really think deeper about the characters you are reading about. Check out the post here.
Giveaways:
–Win a September release from Forever 17 Books
–Win The Dark Unwinding and Passion Blue from Collections
–Win an ARC of Breathe from Imaginary Reads
–Win Nerve from Jen Ryland/YA Romantics
–Win Love You, Hate You, Miss You from J’Adore Happy Endings
Cover reveals:
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Thank you for doing these posts, I just love them! Ten’s trailer is so cool and freaky at the same time :p Sierra
Keep growing beautiful!
I am one of those over 18 reading YA too!
Thanks for the news!
Reaping me softly has such a pretty cover. The book trailer for Ten is cool.
That Carnival of Souls things sounds ridiculous. There are so many books with the exact same names – movies with the same names as books (but totally unrelated). The guy sounds like he’s trying to get people to notice him?!
I am 21 and still read YA. I actually read more adult fiction when I was under 18..
Awesome round-up. I love the Struck by Lightning cover! Is that Chris on the cover? I can’t tell. He’s awesome. =D
Thanks for the round-up!
~Riv Re
Riv Reads
The trailer for Ten is awesome and creepy. Thanks for the news!
THE AGENCY series looks interesting. Loved the trailer.
I liked The Mary Quinn books, I’ve read the first two (both shown above on the left and then middle, the one on the right is the third book) and they were really good! A mystery, a good deal of excitement and romance on the side 😀 Sierra
Keep growing beautiful!
Lots of good book to movie news! I really need to get a move on and read some of those books soon. And I really love Gretchen McNeil’s Possess and Ten so a new book deal is really exciting!
Thank you so much for posting my giveaway! <333
It’s interesting how Simon Pulse is doing that with the really popular indie titles. I’m curious as to how they decide which to pick up, and what their business projections for them might be like.
Good deal on the Mary Quinn books! Totally love those ones, but I want to get them in hard copy. I did pick up the Shannon Hale last week or so, since I couldn’t resist 99 cents.
I love the cover for With All My Soul, so gorgeous!!
Kristin @ Young Adult Book Haven
Hope everyone keeps buying YA books forever because that means they’ll keep publishing more of them!
Wonder how that trend continued later on.