DBD e-Newsletter for October 2013 *March 2014 Sales Kit*

Published: Tue, 10/15/13




October 2013
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A Decade Of Walking Dead
October marks the Tenth Anniversary of Robert Kirkman's zombie apocalypse comic series The Walking Dead. As the AMC television series marks its record-breaking Season 4 premiere, we take a look back at a decade of the undead.
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Brian Epstein's Story Told In Dark Horse's The Fifth Beatle
Award–winning producer Vivek J. Tiwary enlists artists Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker for The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, a graphic novel biography of the Fab Four's manager, published by Dark Horse Comics. Download a preview here.
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The TARDIS Meets The Enterprise In New IDW Collection
The greatest crossover in time and space is collected in its entirety in IDW Publishing's Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²: The Complete Series.
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Fantasy Gets Grimm With Dynamite
Dynamite Entertainment tells the stories behind the episodes of the hit NBC fantasy crime series in Grimm Vol.1, plotted by the show's creators.
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Scott Pilgrim Tries To Get It Together In New Oni Hardcover
Scott Pilgrim's love life might be going well, but the rest of his life is still a mess in Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together, the latest in Oni Press' remastered series.
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Love Is The Law In New Dark Horse Mystery
Communism, Aleister Crowley, and punk rock intersect as a young woman tries to unravel the mystery of her mentor's death in Nick Mamatas' Love is the Law, from Dark Horse Comics. We interviewed Mamatas about the novel, and the overlap of magic and Trotsky.
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ChiZine Seeks Solution To Burgess' n-Body Problem
The zombie apocalypse has been solved, by shooting the bodies into space - but the results bring consequences no one saw coming in Pontypool Changes Everything author Tony Burgess' The n-Body Problem from ChiZine Publications.
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Prime Tells New Fairy Tales
Prime Books brings together 18 award-winning and bestselling authors' new and re-imagined fables in Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales.
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Overstreet Offers New Guide For Animated Art Collectors
To aid collectors in the growing animation art market, Gemstone Publishing offers The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comic & Animation Art, from the team behind the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.
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Pedigree Annuals Bring UK Flair to Pop Culture Coverage
Retailers seeking to bring their customers first-class coverage of movies, music, TV, video games, and more with an international flavor can now do so with hardcover annuals from Pedigree Books -- now available in North America for the first time through Diamond Book Distributors!
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Playing Dead: The Walking Dead Monopoly and Risk Games
Two classic game franchises get the zombie treatment with new games based on creator Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic book series, The Walking Dead. Distributed exclusively through Diamond, the games are available for order now!
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Paizo Gets Mythic With New Pathfinder Sourcebooks
Charge headfirst into the heart of myth and forge new legends with Paizo's Pathfinder Player Companion: Mythic Origins & Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mythic Realms!
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Dynamite Entertainment Expands With New Toys and Games Division
Dynamite Entertainment proudly announces the creation of a new division, Dynamite Toys and Games, dedicated to the production and manufacture of action figures, novelty products, gaming cards, board games, and more.
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DBD Publishers Take Home Aurora Awards
Bundoran Press and ChiZine Publications were each winners at the 2013 Prix Aroura Awards, held at Canvention 33 in Ottawa over the weekend. Bundoran Press' anthology Blood & Water won for best Related Work, while artist Erik Mohr earned the Artist award for his design and illustration work on ChiZine's book covers.
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New Graphic Novels Available On Net Galley
For lretailers looking to sample some upcoming books before they hit the shelves, DBD offers a list of the newest titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including Dark Horse Comics' The Black Beetle Vol. 1, IDW Publishing's The Crow: Curare, Image Comics' Lazarus Vol. 1, and Dynamite Entertainment's Grimm Vol. 1.
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Resources



DBD March 2014 Sales Kit

The DBD March 2014 Sales Kit from Diamond Book Distributors is now available. This issue features graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise scheduled to ship in March 2014.
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Ku's Notes For March 2014

DBD VP Sales and Marketing Kuo-Yu Liang offers retailers his picks for the hottest items in the DBD March 2014 Sales Kit, along with notes to help inform retailers and salespeople and offer tips in selling these items.
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Welcome to Diamond Book Distributors Monthly e-Newsletter!

Every month you'll receive an email featuring the latest DBD Sales Kit — highlighting the upcoming releases from our outstanding roster of publishers — as well as the latest updates on just announced graphics novels, DBD announcements, and other comics industry news. This month we highlight our publishers' upcoming graphic novels. If you are interested in more information, simply contact us.

Common Core Resources

With the new school year starting up, DBD has compiled the articles from DBD and our library/educator web site Diamond BookShelf that cover graphic novels in the Common Core State Standards along with the updated Diamond Graphic Novel Common Core List in one place for easy access.
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MediaWatch News & Notes

All the news of comics, graphic novels, and pop-culture that the mass media is covering! This just in: AMC's The Walking Dead smashing rating records during its 4th season premiere!
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DBD At AASL

The American Association of School Librarians National Conference & Exhibition will be held Nov. 14-17 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. DBD will be represented by Indie Press Showcase at booth 326 in the exhibit hall. For more information, visit the AASL Conference web site.


About DBD e-Newsletter

Managing Editor:
Mark Banaszak

Contributors: Kuo-Yu Liang, Allan Greenberg, Jennifer Clary, Lance Woods, Todd Kaylor, Scott Hatfill

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