All of the titles will be reissued by Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer imprint beginning in summer 2012. Jonny Geller, Managing Director at Curtis Brown, negotiated the agreement. Along with the iconic series, Fleming’s two works of non-fiction, consisting of a collection of travel writings called Thrilling Cities (1963) and an expose of the illegal precious stones trade entitled The Diamond Smugglers (1957), are also included in the agreement. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten-year license for North American rights to the entire list of James Bond books by Ian Fleming in print and ebook.

Amazon is in a prime position to market the books more effectively in today’s digital climate than anyone else. Sources claimed that rights simply cost too much money, which is why no one in the last few years has picked up the publishing contract. They will stock the ebooks in their own Amazon store and you can be sure there will be deals to be had. Bond novels have since been written by John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, and Jeffery Deaver.Īmazon intends on publishing both printed books under its new publishing venture and will have bookstores carrying them by the end of the year. Following Fleming’s death in 1964, Kingsley Amis wrote the next book in the Bond series, Colonel Sun, under the name of Robert Markham.

The first publication the books has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and they have been the inspiration behind the world’s longest-running film franchise. No (1958), Goldfinger (1959), For your Eyes Only (1960), Thunderball (1961), The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963), You Only Live Twice (1964), The Man With The Golden Gun (1965), and Octopussy and the Living Daylights (1966). The agreement for the 14 classic James Bond titles includes the first James Bond book in the series, Casino Royale (1953), which will celebrate 60 years of publication in 2013, as well as Live and Let Die (1954), Moonraker (1955), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), From Russia with Love (1957), Dr. Amazon Publishing has just struck a deal with Ian Fleming Publications for a ten year license to the print and eBooks.

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