Posted by Red | January 10, 2011, 17:59 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: Books, L.J. Smith
Hey, Vampire Diaries fans, do you fancy owning a black rose as found by Damon in a bouquet at the end of Shadow Souls? L.J. Smith is giving you the chance to win one of ten of the very roses featured on the left, which are genuine roses dipped in black enamel and edged with 24-karat gold. The grand prize winner will also recieve a rose plated entirely in 24-karat gold. If you want to enter the contest, head on over to the contest page for more information and to find out how. Sadly, due to how fragile these roses are and the costs and risks of shipping, the contest is only open to residents of the USA.
And courtesy of the fantastic LJS Cover Resource, we’ve got a bunch of new book covers for you. Some will be familiar on account of being variations on the North American covers, others are based on recognisable TV series stills. But there are a few brand new ones in there, with some featured below. Check them out in the book gallery.
 Midnight Germany, 2011 |
 The Awakening Spain, 2011 |
 The Struggle Spain, 2011 |
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Posted by Red | September 13, 2010, 15:56 (EST) | 13 Comments
Category: Books, L.J. Smith
Those of you who have read Shadow Souls will know all about Bonnie’s opal ring. L.J. Smith has had such a ring made, and is going to be giving it away to one lucky Vampire Diaries fan.
Now you can win this version of Bonnie’s opal ring (see above). It’s made of 14 karat gold and 14 karat white gold, with one central opal and diamonds sprinkled around it. This is a gorgeous ring that sells for over $700—so pretty that I got one for myself! And if you didn’t win an autographed Shadow Souls book during the last contest–well, here’s your chance, because I’m offering ten (10) this time around as second prizes.
To find out more about the ring and how to enter the contest, head on over to L.J. Smith’s blog.
The lovely Lorraine over at the LJS Covers Resource has kindly passed on some more German book covers, a variation on the TV series-themed omnibus editions previously published.
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Posted by Red | August 20, 2010, 13:28 (EST) | 21 Comments
Category: Books
L.J. Smith recently updated her blog with more information about the new and as-yet unnamed Vampire Diaries trilogy, including the titles of the books and the overall idea of what the trilogy will be about.
I’ve just emerged from a very intense session of negotiation with the result that, barring my publishers rejecting Midnight, there will be a new arc of three books in The Vampire Diaries series. My choices for titles are Phantom, Evensong and Eternity, but first thing this morning my agent informed me that they are looking to me for suggestions for a name for the entire arc (the last one they called The Return). If anyone has a nice title and no use for it, email me. The books are about Elena and Stefan et. al. starting at Dalcrest College, and finding themselves playing the role of Spirit Hunters (already suggested by me) or just plain hunting serial murderers who may or may not be mystical. If you do think of something, and we use it, I’ll send you an autographed book!
As there are spoilers for The Return trilogy in this, we’d appreciate it if you didn’t discuss spoilers in the comments, and headed over to our forums to join in on any spoilery discussion there, please.
Good news for Danish fans – The Return Trilogy is due for publication in Denmark at some point in the near future. No date yet, but given we’re in the second half of August already, late 2010 or early 2011 seems like a reasonable guess. You can keep an eye on the Vampire Diaries section of the Tellerup website, and also order the first four books from there, too. The covers for Nightfall (Mørkets frembrud) and Shadow Souls (Skyggesjæle) have been revealed, with just Midnight (Midnat) left as a mystery. Many thanks to the LJS Covers Resource for the book covers.
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Posted by Red | August 7, 2010, 12:29 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: Books
Book news! Feels like ages since we last posted any about the book series, and to make up for that we have a whole load of new book covers from various countries for you to peruse.
First up, the cover for Nightfall in Brazil has been revealed, and the publishers, Galera Record, will also be releasing a rather nifty Vampire Diaries boxset containing books 1 – 4. There isn’t a release date for either product yet, but we’ll let you know when we hear something. Update: Nightfall is due in October, and the boxset in November. Thanks, Isabella!
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE REST OF THE COVERS
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Posted by Red | May 9, 2010, 17:19 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: Books
Have we mentioned lately how much we love Lorraine over at the L.J. Smith Cover Resource? She’s been working her cover voodoo and has come up trumps with all kinds of Vampire Diaries book cover goodies for us.
First up, to your left you will see the UK cover for The Return: Midnight (click on the image to view a larger version). This is the first cover we’ve seen anywhere for Midnight, and I’ve got to admit to a little bit of pride that the UK got in there first. While we may have a cover, we’re still seeing a range of dates for the publication date, from July of this year to November next year. As soon as we have something concrete, we’ll get it up on the website for you.
We’ve also got some more covers for other books in the series – from reprints to brand new publications in the UK, France, Germany and Japan. Read on to view all the new covers…
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Posted by Red | April 5, 2010, 7:36 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: Books
Thanks to the LJS Cover Resource (all hail Lorraine!), we’ve got some Vampire Diaries covers to share with you.
First up, the reprints of the original series in Denmark with some very striking covers. Going with a white/light theme really makes these stand out, and the artsy poses of Elena really add to the wow factor. And the subtle background of veins? Awesome. The Awakening also has an interesting title change, which translates to ‘Brothers of Darkness’ (thanks, Katrine!). Appropriate, no? Danish fans can look forward to buying these from Tellerup over the Summer. The Awakening and The Struggle will be published on May 10th, The Fury on June 10th, and Dark Reunion on July 16th.
The Russian cover for Dark Reunion (pictured left) has been released in its usual unrelated glory, though we haven’t got a date yet for when it will be published. Keep an eye on Ozon.ru. We also have the cover for the Italian version of Shadow Souls (pictured right), which should already be available to buy in bookstores.
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Posted by Red | March 17, 2010, 10:23 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: Books
LEDA, the publishers of the Vampire Diaries in Romania, have revealed the cover of the third book in the series, The Fury (or ‘Furia’ to Romanian fans) – click on the image to the right to see a larger version in our gallery. The book is due out in April and will be available for pre-order from LEDA Books at the end of March. In the meantime, both The Awakening (Trezirea) and The Struggle (Lupta) are available to order now. Many thanks to The Vampires Crib for the heads up.
Speaking of the books, congratulations to the winner of our Shadow Souls giveaway on Twitter, @lands13! Don’t forget, you can also enter to win a copy of the book plus other goodies in giveaways being run by both L.J. Smith on her website and another on the official book site, VampireDiaries.com. And if you can’t wait that long to get hold of a copy, you can always order one on Amazon.
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Posted by Vee | March 16, 2010, 8:01 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
CW Source caught up with Paul Wesley on the PaleyFest red carpet and he talks about the conflicted nature of Stefan, killing other vampires, and why Stefan drinking human blood could alter his relationship with Elena. Oh, and then there’s the issue of Elena and Damon getting closer…
The second volume in The Return trilogy, Shadow Souls, is out today and author L.J. Smith is holding a contest:
Win the one-of-a-kind genuine Twin Fox Ring. This contest runs from March 15-June 1 2010. To enter, send an email to info@ljanesmith.net with TWIN FOX RING in the subject line (and, optionally, the name of your favorite Vampire Diaries character in the body). You can win the solid gold Twin Fox Ring, the object of Damon and Elena’s quest in Shadow Souls, or one of 20 autographed Shadow Souls books. Winners will be determined randomly.
Thanks to Jezebel for the heads up! See LJS’s site for more info.
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Posted by Red | March 15, 2010, 18:00 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: Books
It’s been a long year for fans of the Vampire Diaries books who are eager to find out what happens in the next chapter of The Return trilogy, Shadow Souls. The wait is finally over, with Shadow Souls hitting the shelves of book stores in North America tomorrow.
- Order Shadow Souls from Amazon.com
- Read the first eight chapters
- Discuss The Return trilogy in our forums
To mark the occasion we’re going to give away a copy of Shadow Souls to one of our Twitter followers in our ‘hiatuses suck’ giveaway this week. If you don’t have a Twitter account, it’s easy to sign up for one, and it’s also fun.
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Posted by Vee | February 26, 2010, 22:33 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series
Katerina Graham talks to MTV about upcoming guest star Melinda Clarke, who will be making her first Vampire Diaries appearance when the show returns on March 25th. Clarke will be playing Kelly Donovan (Matt’s mother) and, call us crazy, but we think she might be stirring the proverbial pot a bit, hmm?
Kat admits that the cast only wants to make sure that the show’s guest stars, like Sean Faris (may he RIP), feel comfortable working with the crew down in Georgia. “We’re a pretty close knit group and we always want to welcome any guest starts with lost of love,” she explained.
As we reported on Twitter last night, Australia’s Hub Productions is pulling together their first Vampire Diaries event for July 3rd in Sydney, 9am-6pm, and July 4th in Melbourne, 9am-6pm, and they’ve announced their first guest: Paul Wesley, with more guests to be announced. Get the details over at Hub.
Speaking of Australia – you guys grab your copies of The Return: Shadow Souls? It’s out now.
Thanks to Ian Somerhalder Italy for sharing a slew of Vampire Diaries scans via the Italian press, specifically Vanity Fair Italy (!!!), Telefilm, and Dark Magazine. (Sorry, no translations, but they’re still cool to see!) UPDATE: Thanks to Only Paul Wesley, you can read the Telefilm and Dark Magazine translated interviews (they’re the same) here!
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