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Ian
Fleming Publications 70th Anniversary Paperbacks 2023
Cover design by Webb & Webb Design Ltd. |
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On October 5, 2022 Ian
Fleming Publications announced they would issue the James Bond
novels in paperback in the UK in 2023 under their own imprint to celebrate
70 years since the release of CASINO ROYALE. The new covers were revealed
on March 13, 2023 - a month ahead of their publication on April 13th. On
February 26, 2023 it was revealed that
Ian Fleming Publications had
commissioned a review by sensitivity readers, and several edits had been
made to the text in some novels.
Each book now carries the disclaimer: “This book was written at a time
when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern
readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this
edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and
the period in which it is set.” |
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In addition to the changes made to LIVE AND LET
DIE and approved by Ian Fleming for the first US publication in 1955,
other edits
have now been made to some novels. The 70th Anniversary series also includes
new editions of Ian Fleming's non-fiction works The Diamond Smugglers
(1957) and Thrilling Cities (1963). The new covers were designed by
Webb & Webb Design
Ltd.
Ian Fleming's novels were also recorded as
audiobooks in collaboration with HarperCollins US in 2024, and
released in the UK on January 29,
2025. |
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Just in time for
Christmas 2023, Ian Fleming Publications released a boxed set of all 14
paperbacks housed in a presentation slip-case. Priced at £135 and limited
to just 250 copies, the set was packaged in an exclusive box designed by
Webb & Webb, who also designed covers for the latest 007 paperback
editions. |
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Christmas 2025 saw Ian
Fleming Publications release another box set containing 14 paperback
books, taking you from CASINO ROYALE to OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING
DAYLIGHTS. It featured gold foil detailing of the Ian Fleming Publications
hummingbird and the 007 symbol, and is finished with Fleming's signature
printed in spot varnish. An Ian Fleming Shop exclusive, again priced at
£135, ‘James Bond: The Complete 007 Paperback Collection - By Ian Fleming’
[pictured below] was presented in an exclusive box designed by Steven
Aspinall. |
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Ian Fleming Publications 70th Anniversary
Paperbacks 2023
Three James Bond continuation novels
Cover design by David Eldridge |
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On August 12, 2023 (the 59th anniversary of the death of the James
Bond author) Ian Fleming Publications announced new paperback editions of
three James Bond continuation novels to be published on ‘James Bond Day’
October 5, 2023. COLONEL SUN celebrates the novel’s 55th anniversary and
features a new foreword by Anthony Horowitz; ZERO MINUS TEN include a new
introduction from the author himself,
Raymond Benson; and to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the publication of
John Pearson's JAMES BOND; THE
AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY, the new edition will feature a new foreword written
by Mark Pearson, John’s son, who sadly passed away in March 2024. The new cover designs are by David Eldridge
of
Two
Associates. |
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