Book Blog at ReadersRead.com
readersread.com

Homepage
Linking to Us
RSS Feed
Search
Web Feeds




Featured Sections

·Advertise
·Author Directory
·Award Winners
·Bestsellers
·Book Blog
·Book Classifieds
·Book Excerpts
·Book Giveaways
·Book Resources
·Book Reviews
·Book Searches
·Books To Film
·Books Twitter
·Classifieds
·Discussion Forums
·Events Guide
·Features
·Future Releases
·Newsstand
·Publishing Industry
·Readers' Roundup
·Subscribe


Reading Sections

Book Publishing News
Children's Books
Comics
Fantasy/SF
General Fiction
Lifestyle
Mystery
Nonfiction
Romance


Simon and Schuster Buys Rights to Popular Video Game App

Simon and Schuster's Atria book imprint has inked a deal to publish three books by F. J. Lennon, based on the author's popular video game app called Soul Trapper. Publisher's Weekly reports:
The game, which has sold about 25,000 copies according to the publisher, follows a Hollywood-based 27-year-old musician who's given a device called a Soul Trap that turns him into an unlikely ghostbuster of sorts, allowing him to capture ghosts on Earth and send them to the great beyond. Although Atria couldn't yet speak to potential publicity plans, it's assumed that the imprint will be able to work off of the existing game platform to create tie-in potential for the books. The story idea was also tracking in Hollywood--we reported back in August that CAA is representing the film rights for the book and there was some interest on the left coast. No word yet about a film deal, though.
The iPhone app store still sells Soul Trapper which is described as a "supernatural tale that unfolds over 23 chapters, each ranging from 5 to 15 minutes in length." The lead character is 27-year-old rogue supernatural sleuth Kane Pryce, who owns a Soul Trap that lets him capture ghosts and exile them from Earth.

Tags: soul-trapper | simon-and-schuster

Posted on October 20, 2009
Permalink| | | Comments (View) |





blog comments powered by Disqus

The Writers Write
Lifestyle Network


Bloggers Blog
Crafters Craft
Drivers Drive
Fantasy SF Blog
Gamers Game
Health News Blog
HowToWeb.com
The IWJ Blog
Lovers Love
Media Cynic
Petosphere
Pleasant Morning Buzz
Readers Read
Science News Blog
Shopping Blog
Singers Sing
Sportosphere
Surfers Surf
Traders Trade
Video Nacho
Watchers Watch
Workers Work
The Write News
Writer's Blog












Search
 
Web readersread.com



www.readersread.com

Copyright © 1997-2009 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.