Release Date?

[cgroszasu]

Is there a ballpark timeframe for when this novel will be released? Thanks.

[Moderator]

2013

[GNTLGNT]

Ballpark timeframe??...allow me...

http://mall.ballparks.com/images/PSYankee.jpg

[samhain]

2013

LOL ~ that's quite the time-frame! :laugh:

[doowopgirl]

2013

Anything coming out before that?

[Moderator]

Possibly, but nothing has been scheduled for release at the moment. We'll be sure to let Constant Readers know when it is. :smile2:

[~Ally~]

Possibly, but nothing has been scheduled for release at the moment.

If we ask leading questions will we be met with answers or good ole zippy??
For example, could the "possibly" be a book with a one word title beginning with J? :y:

[Moderator]

Until ink is dried on contracts and thumbs up given to release info, you will be met with :zip:

[~Ally~]

Until ink is dried on contracts and thumbs up given to release info, you will be met with :zip:

Alas, I would expect no other, but a gal's gotta try.

[Moderator]

:smile2:

[JellybeanJay]

If we ask leading questions will we be met with answers or good ole zippy??
For example, could the "possibly" be a book with a one word title beginning with J? :y:

Hey Ally, what one word title would you be thinking of? :smile2:

[PrisonerNumber6]

Cool, heh, heh...Wait, what?

[~Ally~]

Hey Ally, what one word title would you be thinking of? :smile2:

Joyland. :y:

http://www.stephenking.com/forums/showthread.php/25071-Joyland

[PrisonerNumber6]

Wait, What?!!!!!!!

Damn, I don't see no animated icon where the eyes bug out and the jaw does a loony tune drop to the floor. Someone ought to make a note of it.

[King fan from trinidad]

I don't think he's gonna bring another book to us this year! It's not like back in the day when you would get 2 or 3 books a year from him. Most likely around this time next year and for joyland maybe very late next year or 2014.

[Moderator]

:zip::zip:

[~Ally~]

I don't think he's gonna bring another book to us this year! It's not like back in the day when you would get 2 or 3 books a year from him. Most likely around this time next year and for joyland maybe very late next year or 2014.

Booooohiiisssssssss...don't even think it!! :glare:

Uncle Stevie will publish another book this year because I'm going to do an Andy Dufresne and send him begging letters, every week. Many, many letters until he--or Ms Mod--caves under the pressure of my demands. Or until the restraining order kicks in. Whichever.

[blunthead]

Booooohiiisssssssss...don't even think it!! :glare:

Uncle Stevie will publish another book this year because I'm going to do an Andy Dufresne and send him begging letters, every week. Many, many letters until he--or Ms Mod--caves under the pressure of my demands. Or until the restraining order kicks in. Whichever.
Steve and Mod say thanx for starting the paper trail.

[~Ally~]

Steve and Mod say thanx for starting the paper trail.

Yar, I'm such a good/kind person that I even like to publicly incriminate myself just to make work easier for the authorities. :geek:

[carrie's younger brother]

If we ask leading questions will we be met with answers or good ole zippy??
For example, could the "possibly" be a book with a one word title beginning with J? :y:


What is this "book with a one word title beginning with J" of which you speak MsUnderstood??? :umm:

[~Ally~]

What is this "book with a one word title beginning with J" of which you speak MsUnderstood??? :umm:


Joyland. :y:

http://www.stephenking.com/forums/showthread.php/25071-Joyland

Ooh, quoting meself in a post feels a wee bit weird, but there ya go. :smile2:

[Moderator]

Just got the okay from Scribner to release the publication date for Doctor Sleep. It is tentatively set for January 15, 2013. Here's the catalog copy:

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

[Moderator]

My guess is it will be a simultaneous release in the UK as it has been with recent releases, but will have to check with Hodder to confirm.

[King fan from trinidad]

Booooohiiisssssssss...don't even think it!! :glare:

Uncle Stevie will publish another book this year because I'm going to do an Andy Dufresne and send him begging letters, every week. Many, many letters until he--or Ms Mod--caves under the pressure of my demands. Or until the restraining order kicks in. Whichever.

:rofl: I wish he would give us 3 books a year like in the old days. He hasn't released more than one book a year since 2004 with DT6 and DT7. Anyway I really hope it does come out on that day miss mod gave us. I hope it isn't pushed back!

[fushingfeef]

WOW! Does that synopsis not make you want to explode with excitement?! I CANNOT WAIT for this book!

I'm guessing this news is going to make a lot of people's days!

:grinning:

[Moderator]

:rofl: I wish he would give us 3 books a year like in the old days. He hasn't released more than one book a year since 2004 with DT6 and DT7. Anyway I really hope it does come out on that day miss mod gave us. I hope it isn't pushed back!

If you take a look at the list of novels on this page (http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/index_old-new.html) (if you click on the Date column, it will sort them by year of publication), having 3 books published in one year only happened once back in 1987. There have been some years (especially when he was also publishing as Richard Bachman), when there have been two books out in the same year and here's what's come out since 2004:

Cell and Lisey's Story both came out in 2006

Duma Key and Just After Sunset came out in 2008

[not_nadine]

Dan Torrence? wow. I love it already. and I feel old. lol

[~Ally~]

WOW! Does that synopsis not make you want to explode with excitement?! I CANNOT WAIT for this book!

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it...I'm about to lose control and I think I like it...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY&ob=av2e

[Showtimecircus]

Mrs Mod

According to stephenking.com@skdotcom_news on twitter Doctor Sleep release date has been changed. Is this true? If it is do you have any idea how long until the new release date is released?

Thanks :D Long days...

[Moderator]

Yes, it will be delayed but I do not know yet when it will be released.

[Boni]

Off-topic but, any chances of Joyland being a Bachman?

[Moderator]

No, it's not a Bachman novel.

[King fan from trinidad]

Off-topic but, any chances of Joyland being a Bachman?

Do you ever think he would return with Bachman? It would be nice if he brings joyland to be like a bachman/misery type!

[Moderator]

If an idea comes to him that he thinks works as a Bachman release, then I'm sure we'll see another one. :smile2:

[guido tkp]

sooooo..... :umm: ...i'm guessing that this means they needed to move the publication date... later on into 2013 because.................................. of the new book coming out in november :wink2: , right ?

[Moderator]

Wrong :smile2:

[mattgreenbean]

I ordered my copy of the Doctor Sleep set! Pretty excited about having this in my collection!

http://overlookconnection.com/catalog/doctor-sleep-before-play-shining-p-6988.html

[~Ally~]

Wrong :smile2:

I never thought I would miss good ole zippy so much! :down:

[Boni]

Wow Joyland and Doctor Sleep before July, 2013. I wish Stevie score a hat-trick :)

[Moderator]

Wow Joyland and Doctor Sleep before July, 2013. I wish Stevie score a hat-trick :)

The original announcement of Doctor Sleep for January has had to be revised so we don't yet have the actual release date for that yet. It's still at least tentatively planned for 2013 but the month is in question. Just don't want you to be counting on it being in the first half of 2013.

[Patricia A]

Nice taste of Dr. Sleep at the end of the Wind Through the Keyhole audiobook. I tried squeezing on the disc to make more come out but it didn't work. So I guess I'll have to wait. When ever it comes out it will be well worth the wait.

[blunthead]

Until ink is dried on contracts and thumbs up given to release info, you will be met with :zip:
You'd think they'd heard of laser printers by now.

[Boni]

Aw ''/ but no problem, the fact that is very possible to have, again, 2 books in a year, is fantastic. Can't wait :laugh:

[petnic01]

Can you give us any information regarding the reason for the delay? I totally understand, sh*t happens.

[Moderator]

Can you give us any information regarding the reason for the delay? I totally understand, sh*t happens.

Steve needs more time for editing as he doesn't feel it's anywhere near ready for publication. He has a number of projects he's working on so would not be able to accomplish that within the deadline they would need in order to get it ready for production for a January release.

[petnic01]

Thanks!

[PrisonerNumber6]

Here's a linke from Lilja's Library about a possible Dutch edition release for april.

http://www.liljas-library.com/article.php?id=3209

Would anyone care to confirm or deny this? I don't know if it's genuine or not.

Thanks.

[Moderator]

Highly unlikely because of the publication date they have listed as well as misspelling the title, but will check. Very typical of misinformation being given out there.

[PrisonerNumber6]

Msmod, I understand if this is fake, yet if it's from a recognized professional publisher, how could they make a mistake like this?

[Moderator]

Have been playing phone tag with Steve's foreign rights agent so still don't have a final answer for you, however, it is more likely that this is old information from when it was first thought that Doctor Sleep might be coming out in January in the US. That is one reason why we don't post every single thing that is out there on the internet about Stephen just to be the first ones to have it on-line. It creates a lot of confusion for fans and extra work for me. I don't have as much of a problem with doing that when the change happens after we have announced something that we legitimately thought to be accurate but then due to unforeseen circumstances have to change it. That happens but we try to hold off until we have the final word so that you can count on the information you get on this site to be accurate. We may not always be the first to announce, but you've got a lot better chance at knowing that what you read here is something you can count on.

[Spideyman]

"Just the facts, Ma'am" -- say thankee MsMod. That is why it is the official Stephen King information site.

[pablo]

Have been playing phone tag with Steve's foreign rights agent so still don't have a final answer for you, however, it is more likely that this is old information from when it was first thought that Doctor Sleep might be coming out in January in the US. That is one reason why we don't post every single thing that is out there on the internet about Stephen just to be the first ones to have it on-line. It creates a lot of confusion for fans and extra work for me. I don't have as much of a problem with doing that when the change happens after we have announced something that we legitimately thought to be accurate but then due to unforeseen circumstances have to change it. That happens but we try to hold off until we have the final word so that you can count on the information you get on this site to be accurate. We may not always be the first to announce, but you've got a lot better chance at knowing that what you read here is something you can count on.

If Doctor Sleep was originally set to go in January 2013, and Mr. King read portions of it aloud at his appearances and included a large excerpt with the audiobook of The Wind Through the Keyhole, it sounds as though the delay shouldn't be that long. Should we expect it still during the winter of 2013? Because then Joyland comes out a few months later.

[Moderator]

If Doctor Sleep was originally set to go in January 2013, and Mr. King read portions of it aloud at his appearances and included a large excerpt with the audiobook of The Wind Through the Keyhole, it sounds as though the delay shouldn't be that long. Should we expect it still during the winter of 2013? Because then Joyland comes out a few months later.

Highly unlikely, but the definitive date has not been set at this time. It's still in the editing process and Steve does not feel it's ready to go yet. The date for Joyland is set as June 2013 regardless of when Doctor Sleep comes out.

[pablo]

Any updates on when we might possibly see this? Any announcements forthcoming, perhaps? :)

[Moderator]

An announcement is definitely forthcoming--just don't know when! :smile2:

[they all float down here]

lol

[Moderator]

We've had a couple of news stories this morning so people may have missed that the official release date for Scribner and Hodder & Stoughton has been announced as September 24, 2013.

[kellyh]

Is the release date for the ebook version or is it the paperback version? I find that sometimes the ebook version comes out first but it is still not available in stores at that point (or for some other authors it only comes out in ebook).

[guido tkp]

:eek2: ... that's .... :suspect: ...a year from now... oh ... :down:

oh well...i've been wanting to re-read some of the old stuff, anyway...i guess ths gives me time... lotsand lots and lots of time...oodles, even...

[Moderator]

Is the release date for the ebook version or is it the paperback version? I find that sometimes the ebook version comes out first but it is still not available in stores at that point (or for some other authors it only comes out in ebook).

It will be the first release of the book and the format will be hardcover, not paperback. I don't know yet if the ebook will be a simultaneous publication.

[Moderator]

Just remembered that in Australia you often have paperback as your first release rather than hardcover so that may be different for you.

[bryantburnette]

Lilja's Library is reporting that the book comes out in April ... in the Netherlands.

Any truth to that?

[Moderator]

Lilja's Library is reporting that the book comes out in April ... in the Netherlands.

Any truth to that?

No.

[fljoe0]

Just remembered that in Australia you often have paperback as your first release rather than hardcover

Is that because Australia is South of the equator and everything works in reverse of the the Northern Hemisphere?:biggrin2:

[bryantburnette]

No.

I suspected as much. Thanks for verifying it!

[Lily Sawyer]

Hey, gang.....pay attention to what Ms. Mod writes instead of b*tching about no new fodder from Mr. King until September 2013.....

Steve needs more time for editing as he doesn't feel it's anywhere near ready for publication. He has a number of projects he's working on so would not be able to accomplish that within the deadline they would need in order to get it ready for production for a January release.

...and that is to say that a) we've been treated to A Face In the Crowd he wrote with Stewart O'Nan; b) this is baseball season and he's a huge fan - do not disturb; c) he's a grandfather who might want to spend more time with family members than writing these days; and d) better to wait for something superb instead of mediocrity - let the man finish editing what he feels needs it in Dr. Sleep.

-Or not. I'm just sayin'. :)

[MadamMack]

Hey, gang.....pay attention to what Ms. Mod writes instead of b*tching about no new fodder from Mr. King until September 2013.....

Steve needs more time for editing as he doesn't feel it's anywhere near ready for publication. He has a number of projects he's working on so would not be able to accomplish that within the deadline they would need in order to get it ready for production for a January release.

...and that is to say that a) we've been treated to A Face In the Crowd he wrote with Stewart O'Nan; b) this is baseball season and he's a huge fan - do not disturb; c) he's a grandfather who might want to spend more time with family members than writing these days; and d) better to wait for something superb instead of mediocrity - let the man finish editing what he feels needs it in Dr. Sleep.

-Or not. I'm just sayin'. :)

Ditto!

[guido tkp]

oh...there's new fodder...all the short stories...'funland'...

but, y'see, lily (with all due respect) one simply cannot be a 'constant reader' if there are these big, huge, gaping gaps...

besides, the red sox didn't do so well this year... :eek2:

ooo...there goes any chance i ever have of getting an autograph :wink2:

[Spideyman]

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau

[guido tkp]

there ya go getting all philosophic on us...how can i pout with all this maturity going on

[RichardX]

We've had a couple of news stories this morning so people may have missed that the official release date for Scribner and Hodder & Stoughton has been announced as September 24, 2013.

One year to go as of today! I'm ready to get in line for the book signing.

[King fan from trinidad]

Nice! I have tons of books still to read until then! Hope its as good as the original. Then again stephen king never really lets me down.

[samhain]

Man......this is gonna be the slowest damn 9 months on record. :down: