JEFF KINNEY’S BESTSELLING DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES TO BE RELEASED AS
E-BOOKS FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE OCTOBER 30, 2012, RELEASE OF
BOOKS 1-6 AS E-BOOKS LEAD UP TO THE SIMULTANEOUS E-BOOK AND HARDCOVER RELEASE OF THE
BIGGEST PRINT BOOK OF THE YEAR, DIARY OF A WIMPY
KID BOOK 7, THE THIRD WHEEL, ON NOVEMBER
13, 2012
NEW YORK, NY, October 15 2012—Amulet Books, an
imprint of ABRAMS, announces today the release dates for the first-ever Diary of
a Wimpy Kid e-books. Available for download on October 30, 2012, will be books
1-6 in the bestselling series. The seventh book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, will
also become available in e-book simultaneously with the publication of the
hardcover book on November 13, 2012. As part of the branding of the series in
e-book form, the books will carry their own name and logo, Wimp-E-Books.
Author and illustrator Jeff Kinney was involved in
all aspects of the transformation of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books into e-book
form. “It was important to me to make sure the books look just as good on the
screen as they do on paper,” said Jeff Kinney. “I’m thrilled at the way the
books look on e-readers, tablets, and other devices, and I hope fans enjoy
having them in digital format as much as they've enjoyed them as books.”
“The release of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series in
e-book formats is a long awaited and much anticipated publishing event,” said
Michael Jacobs, President and CEO of Abrams. “The books are phenomenally
successful, having reached over 75 million kids worldwide, and we believe making
them available as e-books will be another great way for kids to read them and
for booksellers to sell them.”
Before the Diary of a Wimpy
Kid books were published, stories from the first three books appeared digitally
for free on the website www.funbrain.com, where
they are still available. Books in the core series by Jeff Kinney include Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008),
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
(2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
(2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly
Truth (2010), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
Cabin Fever (2011). Jeff Kinney has also written and illustrated The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book and The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary. The series is a
fixture on the USA Today bestseller list
and the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. It has
also remained consistently in the top spots on the New York Times lists since publication of the
first book in the series in 2007.
More than 75 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are
in print in 41 languages in more than 44 countries around the world. Published
by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, Kinney’s work has been widely praised for
its ability to turn reluctant readers on to books. Jeff Kinney was named one of
Time magazine’s most influential people
in the world. There are three major motions pictures based on the books, which
grossed more than $200 million worldwide in box office sales. The book series
won Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and Jeff Kinney won
a Children’s Choice Book Award in 2012. Books in the series have won numerous
awards voted on by students and teachers in schools around the globe. The Wimpy
Kid Island, Wimpy Wonderland, on www.poptropica.com, remains one of the most visited on the
site.
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