Revised 11 March 2010
The May—June 2010 international sales kit for mass market, and paperback and hardcover titles is now available:
- An exciting array of new novels: from Seth Graham-Smith, author of bestselling New York Times smash-hit Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER; the compelling and long-awaited sequel to the Scott Turow’s genre-bending bestseller Presumed Innocent, INNOCENT; and bestselling author Nelson DeMille’s follow-up to the suspenseful action novel The Lion’s Game in THE LION.
- The start of a thrilling new crime-solving series from master storyteller James Patterson in PRIVATE; more bestselling Jason Bourne in ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE; David Baldacci’s brings back the fan favorite protagonists from First Family in DELIVER US FROM EVIL; and the latest Lisa Jackson suspense thriller WITHOUT MERCY
- Compelling nonfiction from Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, WAR; an inspiring collection of life lessons from Pulitzer finalist Regina Brett called GOD NEVER BLINKS; one man’s engaging memoir of his downward spiral caused by drug addiction in PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN; and David H. Freedman’s method of how to find the facts in experts’ opinions in WRONG
- MEN AND DOGS, a touching and sincere novel by Girls in Trucks author Katie Crouch
- The latest line-up of Stephenie Meyer Twilight Saga movie-tie ins for ECLIPSE for the upcoming film release starting June 2010; plus, the highly-anticipated young adult novel from Carlo Ruiz Zafron, author The Shadow of the Wind, THE PRINCE OF MIST
- THREE picture books now available in international trade paperback: Ed & Barbara Emberley’s NIGHT’S NICE, Todd Parr’s THE EARTH BOOK, and Jerry Spinelli & Jimmy Liao’s I CAN BE ANYTHING.
Plus–
- For the first time in international B-format, James Patterson’s MIRACLE ON THE 17TH GREEN and his newest mass market SWIMSUIT
- Mass markets from bestselling authors Malcolm Gladwell, Joseph Wambaugh, and Anita Shreve
Read on about all May—June 2010 export titles… May—June 2010 International Sales Kit May—June 2010 International Mass Market Cover Kit
May—June 2010 Sales Kit Download
Complete HBG May—June 2010 Sales Kit (includes all int’l sell sheets, HBG “Bookings”, other hc & pb highlights, and all order forms)
May-June 2010 HBG MM Cover Presentation (pdf)
May—June 2010 Int’l Editions Order Form (excel)
May—June 2010 International Edition Backlist (pdf)
Kensington April 2010 Sales Kit & Order Form (pdf)
Kensington May 2010 Sales Kit & Order Form (pdf)
International Editions & Focus Titles
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Seth Grahame-Smith
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: March 2nd, 2010 Price: $14.00 ISBN: 9780446570992
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market
Seth Grahame-Smith, author of the New York Times bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, follows up that phenomenon with this Goodwin/McCullough-style epic of our greatest president, revealing for the first time his secret lifelong battle with the undead. Using the journal as his guide, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time, while uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
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David Baldacci
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: April 20th, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446566322
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market
Following the success of his latest #1 spring blockbuster First Family, David Baldacci returns with a new thriller for spring 2010: a brand new thriller featuring returning characters Shaw and Katie James from The Whole Truth. “A sophisticated plotter… [Baldacci] makes an eloquent case for the very real threat of perception management.”—Publishers Weekly on The Whole Truth
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Regina Brett
Category: INSPIRATIONAL/ SELF HELP
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: April 13th, 2010 Price: $14.00 ISBN: 9780446570985
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market
Already an internet phenomenon, these wise and insightful lessons and stories by popular newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Regina Brett are destined to become the inspirational book of the year. Brett takes the 50 lessons and expounds on them in essays that are deeply personal yet will strike a chord with anyone who has ever gone through tough times. “Regina Brett’s book, GOD NEVER BLINKS, provides practical insights that can change the world.”—Deepak Chopra
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Katie Crouch
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: April 12th, 2010 Price: $14.00 ISBN: 9780316096287
Publisher: Little, Brown
Rights: Open Market
Now in international B-Format, a new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller Girls in Trucks—a hilarious and moving novel about a prodigal daughter’s quest to reckon with her father’s long-ago, unsolved disappearance. “Katie Crouch speaks in a funny, spiky, highly original voice that carries a reader happily along through this charming novel.”—Mark Childress, author of One Mississippi and Crazy in Alabama
Also available: Girls in Trucks, PB, $13.99, 9780316002127
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Lisa Jackson
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: April 1, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780758247438
Publisher: Kensington
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe
From international bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes a new thriller that goes behind the doors of an exclusive academy with a terrifying secret…Ever since her father was stabbed to death in a home invasion, Jules has been plagued by nightmares. Her half-sister, Shaylee, has had her own difficulties. When Jules learns that Shay is be sent to the Academy, she follows as a teacher. But behind the Academy’s idyllic veneer lurks an evil force on a brutal and terrifying mission. Jules becomes the next target of a bloodthirsty killer without limits, without remorse, without mercy…
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Scott Turow
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: May 4th, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446566339
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market
International C-Format. The sequel to the landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent. INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty’s wife. Scott Turow’s books have sold more than 25 million copies world-wide and have been adapted into one full length film and two television miniseries. “Spellbinding…The suspense is relentless…Surprise follows surprise…The work of a profoundly gifted writer” —The New York Times on Presumed Innocent (9780446359863, MM, $7.99, 4/10).
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James Patterson
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: May 1st, 2010 Price: $12.00 ISBN: 9780316084741
Publisher: Little Brown
Rights: Open Market
James Patterson’s classic novel about life, love, family, miracles… and golf, now repackaged for a new generation of readers. Travis McKinley is an ordinary family man living an dissatisfying life until he sudden gains the golfing skills he had only dreamed about that catapults him into the PGA Senior Open. And with his wife, children,and a live television audience watching, a miracle takes place on the 17th green that will change Travis, and his family, forever.
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Sebastian Junger
REVISED WITH FINAL COVER
Category: NON-FICTION/CURRENT EVENTS
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: May, 1st, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446566483
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market, Excluding EU and Switzerland
The New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm gives readers a breathtaking insight into the truths of war—the fear, the honor, and the trust among men. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. Through the experiences of these young men at war, he shows what it means to fight, to serve, and to face down mortal danger on a regular basis.
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Carlo Ruiz Zafron
Category: YA FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: May 4th, 2010 Price: $11.99 ISBN: 9780316091084
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Younger Readers
Rights: Open Market, Exckuding Europe, Exclusive Asia
A YA novel from bestselling Shadow of the Wind author Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is war time, and the Carver family decides to leave the city to settle in a small coastal town. But from the moment they cross the threshold of their new home, strange things begin to happen. Soon children Max and Alicia and their friend Roland find themselves in an adventure of sunken ships and enchanted statues that will change their lives forever.
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Malcolm Gladwell
Category: PSYCHOLOGY/ESSAYS
Format: INTERNATIONAL MASS MARKET
Publish Date: May 6th, 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780316084659
Publisher: Little, Brown
Rights: Open Market
Now in international mass market, the very best and most famous of #1 New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker pieces are collected in a brilliant and provocative anthology.
OUTLIERS, $7.99, Int’l MM, 9780316056281
BLINK, $7.99, Int’l MM, 9780316057905
THE TIPPING POINT, $7.99, Int’l MM, 9780316679077
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Joseph Wambaugh
Category: FICTION
Format: MASS MARKET
Publish Date: Date Postponed to September 1st, 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780446548519
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market
Now in mass market, Joseph Wambaugh, ‘master of the modern police novel’ (Michael Connelly) and author of the bestsellers Hollywood Station and Hollywood Crows, is back with another gripping novel about the LAPD. Dana Vaughn and “Hollywood” Nate Weiss are investigating a series of attacks on women, while Flotsam and Jetsam persue who they think are mere petty criminals. No one suspects that they might be involved in something bigger, more high-tech, and much more illegal.
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Anita Shreve
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL MASS MARKET
Publish Date: May 1st, 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780316072595
Publisher: Little, Brown
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe, Exclusive Asia
The new novel about the fragility of a young marriage from one of our greatest chroniclers of the mysteries of the human heart. Twenty-eight-year-old Geraldine travels to Kenya with her new husband James with the intent of staying a year. In a dizzying multicultural city, she struggles to maintain her balance as well as her sense of self. Her marriage, and her understanding of the world, are shaken to the core. Invited on a climbing expedition to Mt. Kenya, the newlyweds are caught up in a horrific accident.
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James Patterson
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: June 28th, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446571500
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe
The newest James Patterson thriller: A brutal murder, a NFL gambling ring, and 18 unsolved homicides threaten to stump the world’s most talented investigation team. Patterson is the author of the two most popular detective series of the past decade, featuring Alex Cross and the Women’s Murder Club, and he has written numerous other #1 bestsellers. “Patterson’s novels are sleek entertainment machines, the Porsches of commercial fiction, expertly engineered and lightning fast.”—Publishers Weekly
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Nelson DeMille
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: June 1st, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446566391
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe, Exclusive Asia
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the much-anticipated sequel to The Lion’s Game. John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as “The Lion.” “The Lion” is a killing machine once again loose in America with a mission of revenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his own goal —to find and kill Khahil.
Also available: The Lion’s Game ($7.99, MM, 978-0-446-60826-8) Rights: Open Market MAY 2010
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Eric Van Lustbader
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: June 6th, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780446563635
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe, Exclusive Asia
Jason Bourne is back in this new novel in Robert Ludlum’s bestselling series written by New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader. Jason turns the tables in his pursuit of Arkadin, a brilliant Russian assassin who had hunted Jason in The Bourne Deception. He wants to trap him and bring him down in much the same way Arkadin sought Bourne. But revenge can cause great psychological devastation. Has this become too personal for Bourne? Will this hunt be Bourne’s downfall?
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David H. Freedman
Category: BUSINESS/ SOCIOLOGY
Format: INTERNATIONAL C-FORMAT
Publish Date: June 10th, 2010 Price: $16.00 ISBN: 9780316093293
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: World
A surprising and groundbreaking book that investigates why experts are so often wrong—and what any person or organization can do to become better at selecting, interpreting, and acting on expert advice. WRONG is a probing exploration about why this happens and what we can do to make sounder decisions. Combining business, science, history, and psychology, WRONG has a cross-category appeal and a nearly limitless potential audience. And we’re 100% sure of that.
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Bill Clegg
Category: MEMOIR
Format: INTERNATIONAL B-FORMAT
Publish Date: June 14th, 2010 Price: $11.99 ISBN: 9780316097680
Publisher: Little, Brown
Rights: Open Market
Available in international B-Format. A masterful, harrowing memoir of an addict’s free fall. After several years representing a growing list of acclaimed writers, literary agent Bill Clegg went on a two-month crack binge that cost him his family, his career, and his status. PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN is an utterly compelling narrative—sometimes lyrical, sometimes gritty, and always disarmingly honest. We can be grateful that Bill Clegg is now firmly back in the world, offering this terrifying, beautifully written cautionary tale.
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Stephenie Meyer
Movie Cover art to come!
Category: YA FICTION
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe, Exclusive Asia
In Two Formats!
Trade Paperback (features pull-out poster) Publish Date: May 4th, 2010 Price: $12.99 ISBN: 9780316087360
International Mass Market Publish Date: June 10th,. 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780316091190
Soon to be a major motion picture starring the talent of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and directed by David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy), coming to theaters starting June 2010.
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Mark Cotta Vaz
Final Cover to Come!
Category: YA FICTION/ FILM
Format: TRADE PAPERBACK
Publish Date: May 18th, 2010 Price: $18.99 ISBN: 9780316087377
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe, Exclusive Asia
Explore the making of the film Eclipse, in theaters June 2010, in this ultimate visual companion, lavishly illustrated with full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets. This beautiful paperback edition celebrates the onscreen creation of Stephenie Meyer’s fascinating world, brought to life by renowned director David Slade. With never-before-seen images, exclusive interviews and personal stories, renowned author Mark Cotta Vaz takes you behind the scenes with cast and crew, uncovering intimate details of the filmmaking process.
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Ed & Barbara Emberley
Category: PICTURE BOOK
Format: INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAPERBACK
Publish Date: June 23rd, 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780316102421
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Rights: World
Now in international trade paperback, a lulling, rhythmic reissue of this timeless children’s classic captures the magic and wonder of nighttime by Caldecott-winning author & illustrator team Ed and Barbara Emberley. From moonlit treetops and city streetlamps to luminous fireworks on the 4th of July, Ed’s watercolor illustrations poignantly capture the beauty of nighttime in this reissue of his classic children’s story. DOWNLOAD EMBERLEY BACKLIST HERE.
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Todd Parr
Category: PICTURE BOOK
Format: INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAPERBACK
Publish Date: June 23rd, 2010 Price: $6.99 ISBN: 9780316102438
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Rights: World Now in international trade paperback, an eco-friendly picture book from the New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr that celebrates our Earth and introduces the youngest of readers to the concept of “going green.” “I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference…” With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation.
DOWNLOAD TODD PARR BACKLIST HERE.
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Jerry Spinelli & Jimmy Liao
Category: PICTURE BOOK
Format: INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAPERBACK
Publish Date: June 23rd, 2010 Price: $6.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-10244-5
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Rights: World
Now in international trade paperback, a delightful picture book by Newbery-winner Jerry Spinelli and accompanied by gorgeous and charming illustrations from Jimmy Liao, author of The Sound of Colors and The Blue Stone.
When I grow up, what shall I be? A little boy contemplates are the interesting and exciting things he could be when he grows up. This exuberant book offers up everything from a paper plane folder to a puppy dog holder, from a baby sis soother to a snowball smoother. Jerry Spinelli’s simple and charming rhymes are accompanied by internationally-renowned illustrator Jimmy Liao’s vibrant and fantastical illustrations.
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James Patterson
Category: FICTION
Format: INTERNATIONAL MASS MARKET
NEW PUB DATE: May 20th, 2010 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 9780446566490
Publisher: Grand Central
Rights: Open Market, Excluding Europe
James Patterson’s scariest novel since Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, now in international mass market. In SWIMSUIT, #1 bestselling author James Patterson unleashes his most diabolical killer ever—a monster with a taste for beauty. Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot assignment in Hawaii, disappears. Fearing the worst, Syd’s parents come to Hawaii to investigate for themselves, never expecting the horror that they ultimately discover…
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