June 13
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One can download all those pictures from the Taschen press site 
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Camera pans right…
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Greatest post ever
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From IFP:
To our agents in the field,
“Goldfinger took out his driver and unpeeled a new ball. He said, ‘Dunlop 65. Number One. Always use the same ball. What’s yours?’ ‘Penfold. Hearts.’”
Today marks a full 65 years since the first publication of Ian Fleming’s novel Goldfinger. A tale that revolves around of some of the finer things in life beginning with ‘G’ (gold, golf and Galore, Pussy), Fleming’s seventh Bond story features perhaps the most famous game of golf in literature.
In celebration of its anniversary, the team at Ian Fleming Publications have partnered with Penfold, the iconic British golfing brand, to create two products that celebrate Fleming’s love of the sport.
Featuring both a golf journal and a writer’s pouch, both are designed with functionality and style in mind, whether you’re using them out on the green before cocktail hour or at your writing desk in Jamaica.
As you know, James Bond has a handicap of 9. Perhaps these tasteful new products from Penfold will help you do even better.
Agents should also be aware that new audio recordings of all of Fleming’s original works are in progress, and are being published this year in the US by HarperCollins. A UK release will follow in early 2025. The first title from this project to be released was You Only Live Twice, read by Eleanor Matsuura, and two more titles will be coming out very soon.
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To our agents in the field,
The countdown has begun to June 6th. All our operatives should all be aware of the upcoming paperback publication of Agent Charlie Higson’s bestselling Bond adventure On His Majesty’s Secret Service. Originally written at breakneck speed in time for the Coronation of King Charles III last year, the upcoming paperback edition features a revised beginning and ending. Not only that but it also includes some exclusive extra insights that were extracted willingly from the author. Once again, all royalties from sales of the book will go to the National Literacy Trust.
Sartorial elegance has always been of the utmost importance to us, so it was necessary to produce a special edition of the book that would befit an agent wearing a dark blue raincoat or black and white dogtooth suit. With that in mind the special edition features exclusive sprayed edges and is signed by Charlie Higson himself. With a limited run of 200 copies, it is available to pre-order now exclusively through the IFP shop to addresses in the UK & US.
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Dear IFP, thank you for once again excluding the rest of the world from yet another special edition… 
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And it has already sold out
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To our agents in the field,
Today marks the birthday of Ian Fleming. With the publication of Casino Royale and the proceeding James Bond stories, Ian Fleming changed spy fiction forever. Please join us in raising a glass of Old Grand-Dad, Taittinger or just strong black coffee to the man, the husband, the father and the writer.
To celebrate the day, Ian Fleming Publications are finally shedding more light on the upcoming hardcover collection of all the 007 books. All fourteen books will be released on October 3rd and each will feature bonus material, revealing top secret intel.
All agents must wear the finest tailoring and, likewise, all books must be suitably attired. Therefore Ian Fleming Publications are proud to reveal that the cover art will be designed by none other than Michael Gillette. Michael was responsible for the iconic covers that accompanied the centenary hardbacks and the team could not be more excited to be partnering with him once again.
Publishing Director Simon Ward says, “I remember seeing Michael Gillette’s James Bond cover designs in a bookshop window in 2008. They were instant classics and became defining editions for a whole generation of fans. We’ve long wanted to partner with Michael again and we’re thrilled that day has finally come. We believe he’s put together something very special and can’t wait to share these all-new designs with the world.”
Speaking about this project, Michael shared the following: “I’m very excited to see this set released. It was wonderful to make the 2008 set, and to get a second opportunity is a great honour. I hope that fans and new readers will sense the love and thought with which they were created.”
The covers will be unveiled shortly but be assured they will be of impeccable taste, like all things Ian Fleming.
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£ 20 per book, it would seem. Nice to see Gillette return to the cover artwork, loved his Centennial covers and he’s been so popular he’s been contracted to do the German Cross Cult covers of the continuations too.
I just googled the covers, and saw that they depicted the book’s title on a woman’s body.
I wonder what difference sixteen years will make in his approach (if any).
The original concept was probably to amalgamate the literary approach with that of the films’ classic Binder titles. The Man with the Golden Gun even used a similar font to that film’s poster campaign.
You can actually see how that concept evolved on Cross Cult’s website here.
Their books came out some years after the Centennial and were successful enough for them to pick up the entire continuation run of Amis and Gardner (and Benson?). Gillette stuck with his female guns, but the titles themselves are more conventionally placed on the various covers.
But I’m sure he’ll come up with an entirely different concept for this new run.
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Judging by social media comments, fans continue to hold to their “edited text=no sale” stance.
I really don’t see why, now that they’re going to publish a second set, that that set can’t be the ones fans want.
If IFP passes up this opportunity to make both editions available, I guess that will serve as their answer as to whether they ever intend to punish the original text again.
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Thanks Dustin.
I look forward to seeing what he comes up with.
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Someone wondered why IFP didn’t announce a new book. I said if it was a truly new book, they would have teased it, in advance, by at least a week. I think IFP wants to finish Kim Sherwood’s Double-00 trilogy, honestly.
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IFP is now surveying the literary Bond community about OUR wants from them. I don’t recall them having done this in the past, but I think this is a great idea. Below is the link to the survey (I saw it on facebook).
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