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More Books Incoming
 Posted By Paul on March 20, 2008
Alert fans have spotted evidence on-line for two up-coming books projects.
First, you may remember that we ran a story last month on a rumored Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, a sequel to the original 1998 Star Wars Encyclopedia by Steve Sansweet.
Well, Random House now have a listing online for the book, claiming a November 4th release. This now stands alongside the original Amazon.com listing... but there's also Steve Sansweet's own advice to take into account.
Sansweet urged caution. We know that he's working on a project with Pablo Hidalgo, but until we hear official confirmation, we should be wary of taking these listings on trust. The fact there are now two pages for this book makes the news more likely to be true, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily accurate yet.
Thanks to Zee Zee from UK-based fansite Star Wars Books for the heads-up on that one!
Secondly, the eagle-eyed and indefatigable Eddie van der Heijden from the fan timeline site Once Upon a Galaxy has spotted an announcement from Penguin Books, revealing a whole slew of Young Readers titles tied-in with The Clone Wars, all due for a 26th July release: this link takes you to the original PDF file.
We don't have any titles yet, but there's a list of several books: a $6.99 novel (bear in mind that this is almost certainly a young readers book); a $4.99 activity book; a $6.99 photobook; a "jacketed picture book" at $16.99 (I'm assuming this one's a hardback); and a storybook and a "reader" both at $3.99.
It looks like there's quite a spread aimed at the younger fan here. The interesting thing is that these books are coming out from Penguin, or to be more specific, their Grosset & Dunlap imprint. I don't think they've done any Star Wars books before, though they're part of the same publishing conglomerate as Dorling Kindersley, who've done a lot of Star Wars books over the years, and they were also involved with the distribution of the Star Wars audiobooks until 2007.
Update: the sharp-eyed Zee Zee from fansite Star Wars Books has contacted us again... this time with some extra information about the kids' books, mainly gleaned from Amazon.
No titles yet, but we can now ascribe an author to each book on the list, and while none of these writers seems to have been involved with Star Wars before, they all do have some background in the sort of tie-in books that they're involved with here:
* The $6.99 novel is written by Tracey West, who's written a number of children's books, perhaps most notably in the Pokemon franchise.
* Rob Valois, who has edited a number of manga collections for TokyoPop, is credited with the $4.99 activity book, and the $16.99 "jacketed picture book".
* The $6.99 photobook is by Zachary Rau, who has been involved with similar adaptations for animated movies including Cars and Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie, again for TokyoPop.
* The $3.99 storybook and "reader" are by Mayer Kirsten and Steven Brezenoff. Not sure which author goes with which title there, but I suspect "Meyer Kirsten" may be the Kirsten Meyer who some sites list as editor on another TokyoPop volume, while Brezenoff co-compiled a Buffy tie-in called The Quotable Slayer, and has a book called The Thing in the Woods coming out from children's book publisher Stone Arch.
Of course, we'll bring you more news on these stories as soon as we hear it!
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Get Your First Look At Wild Space Posted By Mike on October 9, 2008: Karen Miller's upcoming Clone Wars novel
Jedi Journals Bookshelf: On Sale Now Posted By Jay on October 8, 2008: There's a bunch of new Clone Wars titles out plus prequel artist Ian McCaig's portfolio.
New Title For Fate Of The Jedi #2 Posted By Mike on October 6, 2008: Updated! From Enigma to Omen
Karen Traviss Talks Sev Posted By Mike on October 6, 2008: And what we may or may not expect of him...
Ryder Windham Radio Interview Posted By Adrick on October 4, 2008: SW books & comic author speaks TODAY!
Clone Wars Webcomics Are GO! Posted By Paul on October 3, 2008: Free online right now...
Paul S. Kemp's Jaden Korr Novel Clarified Posted By Mike on October 1, 2008: Clarifying confusion with the novel setting
Hyperspace Short Story: Interference Posted By Mike on September 30, 2008: By John Jackson Miller at Starwars.com
"Blood Oath" by Elaine Cunningham Posted By Paul on September 29, 2008: Updated! More tidbits on the novel
Jedi Journals: Novel Update From Sue Rostoni Posted By Jay on September 29, 2008: StarWars.com updates tonight with a link to Sue Rostoni's Blog, letting everyone know a little more about the next 3 years worth of fiction. There's a couple little surprises in there to get fans excited. Does the name 'Nomi Sunrider' mean anything to you?
The Art And Making Of Star Wars: TCW Posted By Mike on September 28, 2008: As mentioned in SW Insider #104
Christine Golden Talks Fate of The Jedi Posted By Mike on September 28, 2008: Was Traviss originally slated instead of her?
New Rebel Force Info Posted By Adrick on September 27, 2008: Mission to Muunilist?
Fate Of The Jedi Info Posted By Mike on September 27, 2008: Blurb, promotions and more
Jedi Journals: Star Wars Encyclopedia Covered Posted By Jay on September 26, 2008: StarWars.com has just posted covers for all three volumes of The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. Yes, in case you missed it, it's now 3-volumes. All in hardcover, and over 1200 pages!! And who said size matters not? Click on the image above for the details.
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