Sookie international book publishers outside U.S.

From Charlaine's web site

PUBLISHERS OUTSIDE THE U.S.

• UK rights to Orbit (#1-4) & Gollancz (#5-10)
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• British book club rights to BCA for F&SF Club, Mango & Bol.com
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• British large print rights, Bks #1-3, to BBC Audio/Chivers
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• Australian book club rights to Doubleday Australia
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• German rights to Feder & Schwert (#1-3) and DTV (#4-8)
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• Spanish rights, Bk #1-3 to La Factoria
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• Spanish rights, Bks #4-8 to Suma de Letras (Santillana)
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• Russian rights, Bks #1-7, to AST
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• French rights, Bks #1-7, to J'ai Lu
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• Romanian rights, Bks #1-7 to Leda
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• Italian rights in entire series to DELOS
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• Dutch rights, Bks #4-5 to Luitingh
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• Turkish rights, Bks #1-4 to Alfa Group
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• Bk #1 to Prestigio Editorial in Brazil
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• Portugese rights, Bks #2-4, to Saraiva in Brazil
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• Chinese rights (complex), Bks #1-3, to Fantasy Foundation
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• Croatian rights, Bks #1-3, to Algoritam
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• Greek rights, Bks #1-3, to Fantasticos Cosmos
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• Japanese rights, Bks #1-3 to Softbank
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• Norwegian rights, Bks #1-3 to Cappelan
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• Bks #1-3 to Stjarnfall in Sweden
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• Thai rights, Bks #1-3, to ARIP
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• Estonian rights, Bks #1-2, to Keskus
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• Chinese rights (simplified), Bks #1-2, to Shanghai 99
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• Czech rights, Bk #1-2, to Baronet
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• Hebrew rights, Bk. #1 to Sial/Kidmat
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• Korean rights, Bks #1-2 to Open Books
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• Polish rights, Bks #1-2 to Red Horse
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• Serbian rights, Bks #1-2, to Media II
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• Bk #1 to Keskus in Estonia
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• Bk #1 to Ulpius in Hungary
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• Bk #1 to Kantera in Indonesia

© 2008 Charlaine Harris

True Blood Season 2 Blood Copy: It's Time

May 7th, 2009

Least I know why nobody called about my Andrew posters. Somebody’s been tearing them down. All of them.

I tried asking some people who worked nearby if they saw who did it. They said no, but one guy was lying, I think. He looked kinda nervous, kept shifting his eyes, then said he had to get back to work. There was nobody else in his store.

Guess it doesn’t matter now anyway. It’s only 20 minutes until my meeting.

I found the spot. It’s a bar, though you wouldn’t really notice by the outside. There’s no sign or anything.

I went inside early to look around. It was too crowded, so I left. That… and that some of the people inside…they’re just not what I’m used to. Nobody was talking, they just stared out. I think some of them might have been on d- Well, it’s not really nice to say bad things about people. Especially ones you don’t know.

I’ve gone through it in my head dozens of times. I’ve come up with three possibilities. One, Andrew met a girl. This is all some whirlwind romance and he’s asked me here to meet her and tell me all the fun things they’ve been doing. The places they’ve been. Two, he got some lead on a new kind of creature? He decided to chase it down… and just didn’t bother telling anybody what was happening for the last several months.

Neither of which makes any sense at all when you think about it. Andrew could have written me himself about them (or even emailed me). He wouldn’t send a weird note.

Which leaves only one option that fits. Something’s happened to him. Something bad. He’s in trouble, and I have to figure out a way to get him out of it.

Huh. Remember that guy I mentioned from the art exhibit? The one I thought looked like Andrew? I swear that same guy just went into the bar.

Midnight now. I guess I better head in.

http://bloodcopy.com/

True Blood Season Two in Four Words

The second season of True Blood returns on June 14, and we have a summary of the season courtesy of Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse).

When asked by EW to sum up the season in five words, Ryan responded with "Orgy, cult, locked up." While technically that's only four, we forgive Ryan and are more excited than ever.

Season 2 Promo video :Things we learned in True Blood Season 1

Go ask Dallas : Who are the other kings and queens in the Sookieverse?

Dear Dallas,

The naming of the actress to play Sophie-Anne made me think, how many of the Kings and Queens do we know in the books ?

Thanks, T

Hey T These are the ones I could come up with..did I miss anyone ?

Vampire kings and queens of the United States.

These are the Kings and Queens that we met so far in the Sookieverse, their name, the state they come from -as well as, their spouses, if we know them.

Kings Title Name Bk Spouse
King of Arkansas Peter Threadgill Bk6 LA
King of Florida
King of Indiana Bartlett Crow Bk7 MS
King of Kentucky Isaiah Bk7
King of Minnesota Bk7
King of Mississippi Russell Edgington Bk3 IN
King of Missouri Bk7
King of Nevada Felipe de Castro Bk8
King of Ohio Bk7 IA
King of Texas Stan Davis Bk2
King of Wisconsin Bk7 MN

Queens Title Name Bk Spouse
Queen of Alabama Bk7
Queen of Iowa Phoebe Golden Bk7 OH
Queen of Louisiana Sophie-Anne Leclerq SS AR
Queen of Minnesota Maude Bk7 WI

In bk 7 Sookie says ..
I glanced around the room at the other kings and queens, recognizable by their entourages. I hadn't seen them in a room all together before, and I counted. There were only four queens. The other twelve rulers were males.

Did I miss any ?

True Blood - Episode 2.06 - Friend Is a Four Letter Word - Casting Call (2)

4/11/2009 A recent casting notice (most likely for Episode 206):

Wardrobe Fitting Date: March 25
Shoot/Call Date: March 31
Location: TRUE BLOOD- HBO / Males and Females
CableSAG

This is a very interesting scene with only three men and three women interacting with the principals.

[ CAUCASIAN MEN ]
3 Caucasian men with longer hair willing to have it cut into a 1920's style. That means long on top and shorter on sides and back, but not as short as hair is today.
Men must be in their mid 30's-to mid 40's attractive or character face is good and must be a size 42 or 44 jacket for period tuxes. This scene does not include nudity, but the project does.

[ CAUCASIAN FEMALES ]
3 Caucasian females 5'4-5'7, sizes 4-8 with medium length curly hair to portray flappers in the 1920's. Women must have very thin eyebrows or be willing to have them shaped to the almost raze thin shape. Slender builds with small natural shaped bust.
Only six extras interacting with principals.

There is nudity in this episode but not in this scene.
• 4/11/2009 (episode unknown) - A casting notice involving nudity recently went out for a photo double for John Billingsley (he plays Mike Spencer the coroner, who was nude at the orgy attended by Sookie and Eric in the 2nd book):Shoot/Call Date: March 27, Friday night with possible recall on 4/17
Location: Calabasas

TRUE BLOOD- HBO (Photo Double)
Episodic SAG

[ PHOTO-DOUBLE FOR THE ACTOR JOHN BILLINGSLEY ]
Check IMDB for photo. He is 49, Caucasian, 5'10, 200 lbs., 44r jacket. He has a high forehead with slightly longer hair in the back that in medium brown. You must be willing to go shirtless and be comfortable around nudity and simulated sex.

Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist

hmmm.. geometric progression , huh ? Funny, I thought it was supernatural and magical ..

Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate, by virtue of geometric progression, that vampires could not exist, since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply (a.k.a, all of us).

If you've ever read Salem's Lot (or seen the lame Starsky and Hutch-era miniseries adaptation starring David Soul), then you know that after a vampire decides to settle in your town, the undead begin to multiply at an alarming rate (he bites two friends, who bite two friends, and so on, and so on…).

Putting aside for a moment the issue of how that would impact neighborhood property values, this phenomenon raises an even more pressing question: If vampires are indeed living (unliving?) among us, then shouldn't we have seen an undead population explosion by now?

http://io9.com/5241252/physicists-prove-that-vampires-could-not-exist

True Blood Season 2: Invitation to the set

Thanks to Thelou for giving us a clean copy of the HBO promo for season 2

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Collide by Howie Day

Collide by Howie Day LYRICS

Thanks riogirl9909

Charlaine Harris bites back into vampire series USA Today

what a lovely photo of CH from USA Today

The book: Dead and Gone (Ace, 312 pp., $25.95)

Genre: Paranormal fiction

What it's about: In this ninth in a series, telepath/cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse turns sleuth when a "werepanther" (shape-shifter) is found murdered behind Merlotte's, the bar in Bon Temps, La., where she works. Meanwhile, Sookie is dealing with her mixed feelings for the sexy vampire, Eric.

Why it's hot: Harris' readership has skyrocketed thanks to HBO's hit series True Blood, starring Anna Paquin as Sookie. Season 1 is out on DVD May 19; Season 2 premieres June 14.

On sale: This week

The author

Quick bio: Harris, 57, lives in Magnolia, Ark., with her husband, Hal. Mother of three: Patrick, 24, Timothy, 21, and Julia, 18. She first made USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in 2003 with Club Dead, third in the Sookie series.

On being a best-selling author: "The best thing about it is that I can appreciate it. For many years I was Charlaine Harris, the poorly selling and midlist author. It's not that I rocketed to overnight success. I don't take anything for granted."

First book published:Sweet and Deadly, a stand-alone mystery, in 1981.

On the appeal of vampires and other supernatural creatures: "We are so obsessed with youth that the idea of creatures that can remain eternally young, never have to worry about wrinkles or arthritis, is the ideal in our culture."

The other reason: "They're sexy."

Fun fact: Harris' blood type is B-negative.

First supernatural thrill: "I read Edgar Allan Poe at an early age, and that left an indelible impression."

Pet cause: Animal rescue. "I'm a big believer in adopting from shelters and a huge believer in spaying and neutering your pets." She lives with three rescue dogs.

On her summer reading list: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley and Winter Duty: A Novel of the Vampire Earth by E.E. Knight, out July 7.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-05-06-summer-books-harris_N.htm

I Don't Want to Know' the title song for True Blood Season One Episode Ten

I recently did a Season 2 Spoiler show for my Blogtalk radio show, where we looked at what we might know about the upcoming episode by knowing and examining the title song for that episode.

I can't tell you how many emails I received from folks saying they felt so stupid for not realizing that the True Blood episodes were named for songs. It's OK but I thought it might be a good idea to look back at the song, the artist and the lyrics for each of last season's episode title songs.

So let's look back to Season 1, Ep 10 I Don't Want to Know which originally aired: November 9, 2008

"I Don't Want to Know" is from Dr John 1998 album entitled Anutha Zone.

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21, 1940), better known by the stage name Dr. John (also Dr. John Creaux), is an American singer/songwriter, pianist and guitarist whose music combines blues, boogie woogie and rock and roll.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, his professional musical career began in New Orleans in the 1950s.

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Long before Mac Rebennack emerged as the king of good-times New Orleans grooves, he had crafted a far spookier persona. As Dr. John the Night Tripper on his 1968 debut album, Gris-Gris, he was an emissary from a demimonde of dank Louisiana swamps, mysterious spells and voodoo chicanery. Now, on his new album, Anutha Zone, Dr. John attempts to summon the twilit magic of that earlier era through a surprising collaboration with a host of contemporary British alchemists.

Rolling Stone biography HERE

You can hear the song here

And I don't want to know about evil
Only want to know about love
I don't want to know about evil
Only want to know about love.

Sometimes it gets so hard to listen
Hard for me to use my eyes
And all around the cold is glistening
Making sure it keeps me down to size.

And I don't want to know about evil
Only want to know about love
I don't want to know one thing about evil
Only want to know about love.

I'm waiting for the planes to tumble
Waiting for the towns to fall
I'm waiting for the cities to crumble
Waiting till I see you crawl.

Yes it's getting hard to listen
Hard for us to use our eyes
Cause all around that gold is glistening
Making sure it keeps us hypnotized.

And I don't want to know about evil
I only want to know about love
I don't want to know about evil
Only want to know about love.

I don't want to know anything about evil
Only want to know about love
I don't want to know about evil
Only want to know about love.

Excerpts from last nights chat with Charlaine Harris on writerspace

Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Charlaine Harris was on the writerspace.com chatroom to discuss her books, Book 9 of her Sookie Stackhouse series, DEAD AND GONE and Book 7 of her Aurora Teagarden Mystery series, LAST SCENE ALIVE.

Other writers who participated in the chatroom included: J.M.C. Blair: THE LANCELOT MURDERS; C. J. Box: BLOOD TRAIL; Toni L. P. Kelner: CURSE OF THE KISSING COUSINS; Joyce and Jim Lavene: A CORPSE FOR YEW; Mary Jane Maffini: DEATH LOVES A MESSY DESK; Stuart Woods: HOT MAHOGANY; Tod Goldberg: BURN NOTICE: THE END GAME; Sally Goldenbaum: PATTERN IN THE SAND; Leann Sweeney: THE CAT, THE QUILT AND THE CORPSE; and Elaine Viets: KILLER CUTS and CLUBBED TO DEATH

Thanks Alainanoel!

EricsLover: Charlaine, have you decided whos gonna end up with Sookie?
Charlaine Harris: Yes, I have.

alainanoel: Charlaine, how do you plan your series…or do you? Do you just plan on writing a certain amount of books or ?
Charlaine Harris: I’m afraid planning is my weak point. Toni and Leann are much more solid than I am in this direction. I just keep writing until I get bored.

natasha: Hi Ms Harris, Just wanted to say that I really love the Sookie Stackhouse series I am totally addicted to it and I wanted to know if you have an idea of how many more books will there be in the series?
Charlaine Harris: Natasha, I’m thinking at least three, after the one I’m writing.

alainanoel: This is for all the authors..who are you favorite characters that you’ve written?
Charlaine Harris: Lily Bard, for me. But she was very hard to write. There are things that interest me about all my characters, though.

badbarb: This is for everyone, when you kill someone off in a book do you find it therapeutic?
Charlaine Harris: Absolutely. It’s a great day, when I kill someone.

alainanoel: I don’t like that Victor Madden Charlaine. I hope he’s on the hit list someday!
Charlaine Harris: Victor is a very twisty character, alaina. I was just writing about him today.

EricsLover: when can we expect the next Sookie book? im sory its just that im hook on it!
Charlaine Harris: Well . . .it came out today, Ericslover. You knew that, right? So the next one will come out a year from now.

mary f: You’ve all not regretted killing a character off then?
Charlaine Harris: I only regret it when readers get all bent out of shape about it. Sorry!

alainanoel: Charlaine..where did you get Sookie’s name from? Is it a made up name or did you know someone with that name before?
Charlaine Harris: Oh, I liked Sookie’s gran. But she had to die. Sookie is an old southern nickname, alaina. My grandmother’s best friend was called Sookie.
ToniLPKelner: I like the way Bill on the show says, “Sookie.”
Charlaine Harris: Truly, I had no idea it was so unusual. Yeah, he does give it that extra something, doesn’t he? I’m afraid I told Stephen Moyer how attractive I found that line.

loleaf: Charlaine I love the book series and am on Chapter 7 of Dead and Gone, Do you have any say about how the hbo series plays out?
Charlaine Harris: No. Alan does the series: I do the books. That’s our arrangement! So far, so good. Actually, we don’t have any idea how long the series will last on HBO.

badbarb: This is for all the authors what do you have coming out next?
Charlaine Harris: I have a short story in Toni and mine’s anthology, a short story in the Mystery Writers of America anthology, and the next Harper Connelly will be out in early November. Oh, and a novella in MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS.

ToniLPKelner: Charlaine, will A TOUCH OF DEAD include the stories from our anthologies?
Charlaine Harris: Why, yes, Toni, in fact it will include those stories. All the stories about Sookie. I’ve written some that feature a vampire named Dahlia Lynley-Chivers, and those will NOT be in A TOUCH OF DEAD. Which is a pity . . .I really like those.

Charlaine Harris signed books will be available San Diego at Mysterious Galaxy books

Mysterious Galaxy Books
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Suite #302
San Diego, CA 92111
Tel: 858.268.4747
Fax: 858.268.4775

Charlaine will not be there but they do have signed books on hand !

http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/

True Blood Blood Copy : The city that never sleeps

May 6th, 2009

The museum I went to last night had just opened up a new exhibit. Vampire art. Or, more appropriately, art from vampires. Seems there’s a pretty big community in the city. I think most of the people coming to see it weren’t vampires. It seemed like they were more interested in the idea of vampires creating art than the art itself.

I wonder if that will change. If some new creature will spring up and everyone will start paying attention to it instead. Vampires will slowly fade into the background and one day seem almost like anybody else.

I’ve spent most of today wandering around New York City. I tell myself I’m looking for clues, but really I think I’m just trying to keep my mind off the answers.

At one point I thought I’d run into Andrew by pure chance. I saw somebody who looked like him, at least from a distance. I took this picture of him, I was so sure.

Looking at it now, I don’t he actually looks like Andrew at all. Do you?

True Blood Season 1 dvd giveaway

fearnet.com has a great giveaway!

TO ENTER: Between 12 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on May 6th and 12 a.m. ET on May 16th, 2009 (the “Entry Period”), visit www.fearnet.com to enter, send an email with the subject line 'True Blood Season 1 DVD Giveaway' to fearnetfeedback@gmail.com. Eligible individuals will be entered into the sweepstakes upon Sponsor’s receipt of such email. All entries must be received by 4 p.m. ET on May 16th, 2009 to be eligible. Limit one (1) entry per person and per email address for the duration of the Entry Period Multiple entries received from any person or email address after the first entry received from that person or email address will be void.

http://www.fearnet.com/b15498_OFFICIAL_RULES_____True_Blood__Season_1_DVD_Giveaway.html

Dallas Dead and Gone party a huge success and fun, fun, fun !

We had a great turnout for our 'Dallas Dead and Gone' release party last night ! We took over half of the coffee shop area of the huge store.

Thanks to all the great fans of this blog that came and you know who you are!

We had a great time ate almost an entire chocolate cake, drank iced coffee, played a great game of trivia ( by the wonderful DallasMC) and we talked and talked and talked.

Every single person walked away with great prizes - Thanks to Charlaine!

We had autographed ducks, ( ask me if you don't know why) Sookie books, True Blood Poster , Vampire energy drink from the New Orleans Vampire store and autographed book plates from CH for our brand new copies of DAG!

Thanks to DallasMC, Barnes and Noble and Dallas Morning News !

Write a review for 'Dead and Gone' and you might win a Charlaine Harris autographed book plate!

Thanks to Charlaine Harris and the wonderful DallasMC ( yes, we are confusing when we are together ;-)) we have two autographed book plates from Charlaine for your new copy of ' Dead and Gone '

To enter just send me a few lines of your review for the book and you will be entered to win the prize.

I also will but putting as many folks as possible on the radio show Monday night May 11th.

Email: True Blood in Dallas