New Young Bond U.S. paperbacks released

Disney Hyperion has released the paperback edition of Charlie Higson’s 3rd Young Bond novel, Double or Die, along with refreshed paperbacks of SilverFin and Blood Fever with new cover art by Kev Walker.

All three U.S. paperbacks match nicely in size and style. Double or Die contains a preview of the next Young Bond novel, Hurricane Gold (due for release in hardcover next month).

All the Young Bond U.S. releases are available now at Amazon.com:

SilverFin (New Cover)
Blood Fever (New Cover)
Double or Die (Paperback)
Hurricane Gold (Hardcover) - April 7, 2009

'Devil May Care' powers Pengiun profits

The Scotsman reports that "sales of the new James Bond novel Devil May Care have helped book publisher Pearson remain as 'hardy and aggressive' as the book's central character in the face of tough economic conditions.

Sebastian Faulks' Bond update, published by Pearson title Penguin, was the fastest-selling hardback fiction novel in Penguin UK's history, and the third-bestselling in the UK in 2008."

Penguin will release the paperback edition of Devil May Care on May 28, 2009. Children's division Puffin Books will release the paperback edition of Charlie Higson's latest Young Bond bestseller, By Royal Command, on the same day.

James Bond operates 'The Girl Machine'

CommanderBond.net has revealed details of Titan Books next collection of classic James Bond comic strips, The Girl Machine. The collection will contain the title story as well as "Beware Of Butterflies" and "The Nevsky Nude."

First published in 1973, "The Girl Machine," finds 007 and Bond Girl Zebeide Rashid traveling to Hajar to free an imprisoned Emir. In "Beware of Butterflies" Bond is once again teamed with agent Suzi Kew to influtrae an Eastern European spy ring. "The Nevsky Nude" finds 007 uncovering a SMERSH operation in Sussex.

The Girl Machine is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Release date is July 23, 2009.

Story info from The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson.

Raymond Benson's 'Choice of Weapons'

Great news. Pegasus Books will publish a second anthology of Raymond Benson's 007 work, tentatively titled Choice of Weapons (excellent Bond title, IMO).

The collection will include the novels Zero Minus Ten, The Facts of Death, The Man With The Red Tattoo, and the short stories Live At Five and Midsummer Night's Doom. Tentative publication date is late spring or early summer 2010.

For more news about Raymond Benson's current and upcoming original work, visit his official website.

'Devil May Care' promotion wins award

Lucy Chavasse and Jill Cotton of the PR firm Coleman-Getty have won The Bookseller award for Hardback Fiction for last year's spectacular launch of Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks.

They will now go forward for The Galaxy British Book Awards ‘Nibbie' for the best campaign of the year, to be announced in April.

Congratulations!