Mar 16, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 4 Comments »

Categories: Books, Suzanne Collins

In a press release dated today, Amazon.com announced the top 20 cities in the United States that have purchased the most copies of The Hunger Games trilogy and also announced that Suzanne Collins is now officially the best-selling Kindle author of all time!

“There’s no denying that the Hunger Games has become a worldwide phenomenon, and we love that it all started with a great book,” said Jessica Schein, Amazon.com Young Adult Books Editor. “These books appeal to customers of all ages — adults and teens alike — and you can see from our Top 20 list they’re captivating readers across the whole country. All three books in the trilogy are best sellers in print and on Kindle, and now our customers have made Suzanne Collins the best-selling Kindle author of all time.”

To celebrate the success of the book series, Amazon is giving away a Kindle Fire and the Hunger Games book trilogy to twelve lucky winners in the Amazon.com The Hunger Games Book Trilogy Sweepstakes. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/hungergames to learn more and enter for a chance to win, or to purchase any of the books. The sweepstakes ends March 25, 2012 and there is no purchase necessary to enter.

“The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” currently hold the top three positions on the Amazon Best Sellers of 2012 (so far) print and Kindle book lists ( www.amazon.com/best-sellers-of-year/ ). These lists, updated daily, capture the best-selling products of the year.

The best-selling city in the USA is Sunnyvale, California! See all 20 cities listed here.

Mar 16, 2012

Posted by Kimmy • 5 Comments »

Categories: Books

From Deadline:

“The book publisher’s stock price rocketed 19% on heavier than usual trading this morning after it reported that sales of The Hunger Games trilogy contributed to startlingly strong results for the quarter that ended in February. Scholastic had a net loss of $3.2M, an improvement from last year’s $25.1M loss, on revenues of $467.0M, up 21.5%. The figures may lead analysts to tear up their spreadsheets: The Street expected revenues of just $393M. Meanwhile, the company’s net loss of 10 cents a share contrasted with the consensus forecast of a 70 cent loss. Sales for Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games ‘reached a high point in the quarter, ahead of next week’s highly anticipated movie release,’ CEO Richard Robinson said.”

Feb 23, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 4 Comments »

Categories: Books, Marketing Campaigns

If you’ve been on the fence about buying an e-reader (I was for quite a long time), Barnes & Noble is offering a free Hunger Games e-book with the purchase of any Nook. This offer is good in-store only!

They sent out a whole email dedicated to all the Hunger Games books, the new companion books, merchandise, and also new Hunger Games gift cards!

Feb 16, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 9 Comments »

Categories: Companions, Reviews

Sara Gundell, author of the upcoming comic FAME: Suzanne Collins, emailed us to let us know that the comic will hopefully be available in the next week and so we’re helping her get the word out about pre-ordering the comic, since apparently if you don’t pre-order and it sells out quickly, you may never get a chance to get one! So if you’ve been looking forward to this, be sure to reserve a copy now.
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Feb 14, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 22 Comments »

Categories: Companions, Reviews

When photos from The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion surfaced on Tumblr from lucky early shoppers on the East Coast in early February, I couldn’t help but look at them. I know people had mixed reactions, some being upset at spoilers and others having a feast with their eyes. For those worried about being spoiled with their book experience that first day the pictures surfaced, not to worry because the book actually contains much more than what was initially flying around Tumblr.

I read through the entire companion and found it absolutely fascinating. Written by Kate Egan, Suzanne Collins’ editor at Scholastic, this companion brings to the Hunger Games fandom a wonderfully composed guide of the book’s journey from Suzanne Collins to Scholastic to Lionsgate and soon to the world. While fansites can piece together all the information gleaned from interviews and Q&As to come up with a rough picture, Egan provides you with the real thing; a true insider’s look into the rise of The Hunger Games.

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Feb 09, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 8 Comments »

Categories: Books

Barnes & Noble is offering a Buy One, Get One 50% off coupon just for Hunger Games books including the three new releases from earlier this week. Those of you shopping online at BN.com can use online coupon code C3U4R4J or print the store coupon here. Qualifying titles include:

• The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
• The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
• The Hunger Games Movie Tie-in Edition
• The Hunger Games
• The Hunger Games Trilogy (hardcover)
  

Thank you to our reader Nick for sending us the coupon! The coupon is valid until February 13, 2012.

Feb 07, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 29 Comments »

Categories: Book 1: The Hunger Games, Companions, Parody

Today marks the official release date of quite a few Hunger Games titles including:

• The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion – Available from Amazon (Paperback for $12.35 or Kindle for $9.99), Wal-mart (Paperback for $11.75), and Barnes & Noble (Paperback for $12.96 or NOOK book for $10.44)
• The Hunger Games Tribute Guide – Available from Amazon (Paperback for $7.99 or Kindle version for $6.39), Wal-mart (Paperback for $7.98), and Barnes & Noble (Paperback for $7.99 or NOOK Book for $6.55)
• The Hunger Games Movie Tie-in Edition – Available from Amazon (Kindle edition for $4.69), Wal-mart (Paperback for $8.00) and Barnes & Noble (Paperback for $8.48 or NOOK book for $7.49)
• The Hunger Pains: A Parody – Available from Amazon (Paperback for 0.98 or Kindle edition for $9.99), Wal-mart (Paperback for $9.05), and Barnes & Noble (Paperback for $10.98 or NOOK book for $9.99)

The final official book from Scholastic, The World of the Hunger Games, will be released in hardcover on March 23, 2012.

Feb 03, 2012

Posted by Merri • 79 Comments »

Categories: Companions

Source: buttercupeverdeen

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Feb 01, 2012

Posted by Ciara • 4 Comments »

Categories: Book 1: The Hunger Games, Books, Contest / Giveaway, Events

Cleveland County, North Carolina was the scene of a ‘Hunger Games’ giveaway today where 1,000 copies of the novel were handed out to readers across the county.

When it opened its doors, the Cleveland County Memorial Library had 384 copies of ‘The Hunger Games’ to give out.

For the next 27 minutes, library director Carol Wilson handed out an average of nine books a minute to Cleveland County residents hungry to read the book.

And the library wasn’t the only site attracting readers. In all, 1,000 copies were made available at locations throughout the county. By the end of the day, the majority of books had been given.

Within 30 minutes of opening, the Cleveland County Arts Council had given out all their copies of the book. In Kings Mountain, a line of readers waited outside Mauney Memorial Library waiting for their own

Last May parts of ‘The Hunger Games’ film were shot in the small community of Shelby:

“It was filmed here in Cleveland County,” said Rhonda Collins, of Shelby, before the Cleveland County Memorial Library opened its doors. “This is a great thing for our community.”

Source:  Shelby Star

Jan 31, 2012

Posted by Crystal • 16 Comments »

Categories: Parody

The Harvard Lampoon loves to mock the popular books and so of course, it’s no surprise that they had to hit up The Hunger Games eventually. Their parody book ‘The Hunger Pains‘ will be released next week and today Entertainment Weekly unveiled a parody trailer to help promote the book. Their website has the first chapter so that you can sample it to see if you’d like to give it a look. The book will be released on February 7, along with like 500 other Hunger Games books. (I kid!)