Excitingly, our first actual proper publication – where Noodle Juice is a publisher, and not a packager – is releasing in the UK on Thursday May 6th! Okay, it happens to be written by one of the members of the Noodle Fuel team, but still, it’s very cool to see our logo on the spine and back of the book!
I got slightly giddy when I was proofing the e-book and saw our original Noodle Fuel logo on the title page!
It has taken quite some time for this book to make it to market. H.I.V.E. fans have been waiting a while – in fact, some of them tweeted that they were fully grown adults now, but had started the series in elementary / secondary school!
However, I can honestly say that it’s well worth the wait! Having read the text a number of times (edit, line edit, copy edit, type-setting proof read, digital edition proof read, removal of tags for US publisher edit), I feel I am possibly the most qualified expert in H.I.V.E and its story arc. Even more so than the author, I should imagine, at this stage!
We’re definitely looking forward to hearing what the fans think!
Where can I purchase this book? Amazon Marketplace has one used copy for sale but the seller is charging over $20 plus shipping. Mark’s website says the book was released in the UK on May 6th so I checked Waterstones and they’ve noted that they can order a copy from the publisher for £8.99 plus whatever it would cost to ship to the US. My daughter is 20 now but has never removed the book from her wish list and I’d love to surprise her with a copy if I knew where to find one, and I’d much rather support the author and publishing company directly instead of through a third party seller.
Hello! Thanks so much for your message – and for your daughter being so loyal to HIVE! You’ll be pleased to know that we think Simon and Schuster are bringing forward the US publication of Bloodline to July 15th this year. Just waiting for confirmation from Mark’s editor. If that’s not soon enough, then I’m afraid your only option would be to purchase from a UK retailer and ship directly. Hopefully the US publication date makes it much easier for you!