Posted by Red | August 7, 2010, 12:29 (EST) | 6 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!

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Posted by Red | May 9, 2010, 17:19 (EST) | 17 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…

Posted by Red | April 29, 2010, 13:20 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: Books

Thanks to Iony and Vampire’s Crib for the heads up. Romanian fans can now pre-order the fourth volume in the Vampire Diaries series, “Dark Reunion” (“Reuniunea”), from Leda books. The book is due out towards the end of May, and you get a 25% discount if you pre-order now. We’re seriously feeling the Bonnie love with some of these covers of late. Awesome. Click on the image to the left to get a better look and Miss McCullough gracing the Romanian cover of “Dark Reunion”.

Posted by Red | April 5, 2010, 7:36 (EST) | 11 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.

Posted by Red | March 17, 2010, 10:23 (EST) | 5 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.

Posted by Red | March 8, 2010, 19:00 (EST) | 13 Comments
Category: Books, Fandom, TV Series

17 days of this hiatus left until we get to see “A Few Good Men” (well, those of us who weren’t lucky enough to see the advance screening at the Vampire Diaries panel at PaleyFest, at any rate). You all surviving? If not, we’ve got a giveaway to keep you going through the next couple of weeks. This week one lucky tweeter will get to read about where the Vampire Diaries began with L.J. Smith’s original quartet of books (more recently bundled up into two omnibus volumes). Read on to find out how to enter.

As usual, we’re doing this on Twitter over the course of the next 24 hours. If you don’t have a Twitter account, it’s easy to sign up for one, and it’s also fun.

• To enter, simply tweet which characters you ‘ship in the Vampire Diaries to @tvdnews. It can be a canon pairing, or a couple you wish would get together in the show. For example: @tvdnews Stefan/Elena (or Damon/Bonnie, Matt/Caroline, etc). Also, please only tweet at us once to enter – tweeting more than once does not improve your chances of winning and makes things more difficult for us.
• The winner will be picked randomly using the ‘names in a virtual hat’ method (or, more boringly, a random name picker script).
• You’ll need to be following @tvdnews – we’ll be DMing the winner.
• This giveaway is open to anyone in the world, not just the USA.
• These will be English language versions of the books. Covers may differ depending on your location in the world.
• You have until Tuesday, March 9, 8pm ET to enter. (You can use the World Clock to work out when that is in relation to your own time zone).

 
If you have any questions, feel free to tweet them at us, or use the contact form to get in touch. We’re also planning on a few more giveaways in the future, so keep an eye out.

Good luck, everyone!

Posted by Vee | February 26, 2010, 22:46 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: Books

Big thanks to Renan and Diarios do Vampiro for letting us know that Brazil’s Dark Reunion cover has been revealed! Galera Record will release the fourth volume in the original Vampire Diaries series in June 2010. Given the blonde on the cover of The Fury… Is this supposed to be Meredith?

Posted by Red | February 22, 2010, 19:02 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: Books

Greek fans can look forward to the first book in the Vampire Diaries series, The Awakening being published in Greece by Psichogios Publications. The release date is March 2010, and you can find out more information on the Psichogios website. Thanks to Yiota for letting us know about this.

Can’t wait until Match 16 to get your paws on The Return: Shadow Souls? HarperTeen have posted up a video trailer for the book to keep you going for the next few weeks.