Good afternoon,

Please note that TNA035 – TNA Wrestling – Lockdown 2011 has been removed from the August release schedule.
We do not have a new set date at this stage.

Hi there,
Due to issues beyond our control with our replicator there will be a slight delay with Carlos the Jackal Bluray. (due July 20th)
All orders will go directly to back order, and will ship freight free from W/C June 25th.

We apologise for any inconvenience,
Madman

Unfortunately due to issues beyond our control the following July 13th new release title will not make the scheduled shelf date.
MMA8093BR - THE COMPANY MEN [Blu-Ray]

All other July 13 titles are shipping as per normal, with the delayed title going to back order and shipping when stock becomes available.
We anticipate “The Company Men (Blu-Ray)” delivering into stores week commencing July 18th.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Cheers
Madman

Retailers please note the upcoming September release of the ever popular VAMPIRE KNIGHT Manga, VOL 14, has been delayed.

Due to close release to the Japanese volume and materials delay to our publisher, this has been pushed back to OCTOBER

Please ensure sufficient orders for this top title are ready for the new date.

Book trade buyers place your orders! Coming to Fox8 in Australia soon.

Diamond Notes:

TNT has announced that their new TV series, FALLING SKIES, will be launched in 75 countries later this Summer (we’ve yet to receive exact countries & dates).

This is great news for us, since Dark Horse has the tie-in graphic novel that will be available on June 28th (978-1-59582-737-1)

Here is more info on the international launch: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tnts-falling-skies-launching-more-196557

Here is more info about the TV series: http://www.tnt.tv/series/microsite/fallingskies/

ere is more info about the Dark Horse title: http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/18-187/Falling-Skies-TPB

The Diamond Books Sales kits for the months of October and November - is now available on the B2B files section.

DBD_OCT2011SalesKit.pdf
DBD_NOV2011SalesKit.pdf

NOVEMBER NOTES


Ape Entertainment

• STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - 978-1-936340-57-6
- Re-launch of the mega-brand currently showing on The Hub in the US & channels worldwide.

Dark Horse

• HELLBOY: HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD - 978-1-59582-757-9
- First time an original Hellboy graphic novel (not going into comics)

• STAR WARS – THE CLONE WARS: STRANGE ALLIES - 978-1-59582-766-1
- Continuing the best-selling series based on the TV series (Cartoon Network in the US; other channels worldwide). New season to premiere on September 16th.

Dynamite

• DEAN KOONTZ’S NEVERMORE - 978-1-60690-161-8
- Paperback release from the best-selling author

• THE BOYS V9 - 978-1-60690-220-2
- Continues the NYT best-selling series

Fantasy Flight Games

• TANNHAUSER: RISING SUN, FALLING SHADOWS - 978-1-61661-180-4
- As part of FFG’s new mass market prose line, they launch this new military alternate history series that will appeal to readers of Harry Turtledove & John Ringo
- Also in the same month will see new releases in the Arkham Horror & Android line, both launching in August.

IDW

• DR WHO: A FAIRY TALE LIFE - 978-1-61377-022-1
- Graphic novel based on the hot TV series (BBC America in the US; other channels worldwide)

• GODZILLA: GANGSTERS & GOLIATHS - 978-1-61377-033-7
- New series based on the classic monster, has been a bestseller in comics.

Image

• MORNING GLORIES V2 - 978-1-60706-407-7
- Has been one of the publisher’s top selling new series; great interest from libraries. YALSA nominee.

Nightshade

• ALIEN CONTACT - 978-1-59780-281-9
- Anthology featuring stories by Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, Ursula K. LeGuin & more.
- Nightshade is *the* publisher of anthologies with bestsellers such as The Living Dead, Wasteland & Happily Ever After.

Pop Sandbox Productions is a new publisher joining DBD (no Canadian rights). Their specialty is graphic non-fiction with tie-in to documentary film. Both of their debut titles are already published in Canada, but will be available the first time in the US/UK/Aus & rest of the world this October, to be launched at New York Comic Con. They have hired Caitlin Hamilton to handle US-based PR.

• THE NEXT DAY - 978-0-9864884-1-2
- Based on the true story of 4 people who attempted suicide…and lived. This is their story.
- Interactive online documentary will launch later this year: http://www.thenextday.ca/
- Already have commitments from New York Times and Shelf Awareness for coverage.
- Has potential to be a breakout non-fiction title, compared to CANCER MOM.

• KENK - 978-0-9864884-0-5
- Based on the true story of the world’s most prolific bicycle thief
- Named one of the year’s Best Books by Quill & Quire (Canada’s top literary magazine)
- An animated documentary is in the works

Prime Books

• THE NEW CTHLHU: THE RECENT WEIRD - 978-1-60701-289-4
- Anthology featuring new stories from the 21st century. All-star contributors include China Mieville, Cherie Priest, Michael Marshall Smith & Neil Gaiman.

Udon Entertainment

• THE PIXIV ALMANC - 978-1-926778-35-8
- Art book based on PIXIV – Japan’s #1 online artist community. Expect this book to receive great demand from artists from the rest of the world, especially in Japan.


OCTOBER NOTES

Ape Entertainment

• KUNG FU PANDA DIGEST V2: IT’S ELEMENTAL & OTHER STORIES - 978-1-936340-56-9
- Continues the franchise (New movie opened May 2011; new TV series to debut in Q4 2011)

• POCKET GOD: TALE OF TWO PYGMIES - 978-1-936340-64-4
- Continues the series based on the iPhone game

Dark Horse

• AXE COP: BAD GUY EARTH - 978-1-59582-825-5
- First title in this series garnered major media attention, including a rave review on Boing Boing, and was a part of Dark Horse’s ‘’Geek’’ campaign. Was DHC’s 3rd biggest brand last year after Serenity & Buffy.

• GATE 7 - 978-1-59582-806-4
- Major new title from CLAMP, creators of bestsellers such as Chobits (700,000+ units on Bookscan), Tsubasa (700,000+) & XXXHolic (300,000+).
- Expected to be the biggest manga release in the world in 2011
*bestseller alert*

• GREEN RIVER KILLER: A DETECTIVE STORY - 978-1-59582-560-5
- A true crime graphic story (non-fiction) about the most prolific serial killer in US history.
- Written by the son of the detective who caught the killer, who has never spoken about the case to the media. This book will include conversations never before available.
- The classic bestseller THE SEARCH FOR GREEN RIVER KILLER by Carlton Smith sold over 1 million copies for Signet
- We’re expecting major media coverage.
- Regional interest buy opportunity for Pacific Northwest (update: Wal-Mart has ordered for their PNW stores)
*bestseller alert*

• HELLBOY V11: THE BRIDE OF HELL - 978-1-59582-740-1
- Continues the Hellboy franchise, collecting the comics into trade paperbacks.

• HELLBOY: HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD - 978-1-59582-757-9
- The first ever ‘’original’’ Hellboy graphic novel (not coming out first in comics)

• STAR WARS ADVENTURE: CHEWBACCA & THE SLAVERS OF SHADOWLAND - 978-1-59582-764-7
- Continues the best-selling digest series

• STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA - 978-1-59582-832-3
- Omnibus tie-in to the blu-ray release of all 6 movies on September 16th 2011. See email attached for details.
*media tie-in*

• MASS EFFECT 2 – 978-1-59582-759-3
- Continues the game tie-in franchise. New game coming in Q1 2012, 2nd most anticipated game, according to Xbox Magazine.

• THE LAST DRAGON by Jane Yolen - 978-1-59582-798-2
- Fantasy art book by the NYT-bestselling & award-winning writer Jane Yolen

Dynamite Entertainment

• SHERLOCK HOLMES: YEAR ONE - 978-1-60690-217-2
- Tie-in to new Sherlock Holmes movie opening December 16th in North America

• JIM BUTCHER’S DRESDEN FILES: FOOL MOON - 978-1-60690-210-3
- New book in the NYT best-selling series

IDW

• COMPLETE BLOOM COUNTY V5 - 978-1-61377-061-0
- Continues the New York Times best-selling series

• GI JOE V1: COBRA CIVIL WAR - 978-1-61377-023-8
- This trade paperback features the storyline of the death of the Cobra commander, which received national media attention.

• JAMES PATTERSON’S WITCH & WIZARD: BATTLE FOR SHADOWLAND TPB - 978-1-61377-072-6
- The New York Times bestseller now in trade paperback

• KILL SHAKESPEARE V2 - 978-1-61377-025-2
- Follow-up to the first tile which received numerous honors including PW best books of the year, New York Times holiday shopping guide, School Library Journal best books for kids, and YALSA great graphic novel nominee.

• BEST OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - 978-1-61377-021-4
- Tie-in to new Sherlock Holmes movie opening December 16th in North America

Image

• CHEW V4 - 978-1-60706-398-8
- The best-selling series at Image after Walking Dead; being developed into a TV series.

Nightshade

• GOD’S WAR V2: INFIDEL - 978-1-60706-398-8
- Follow-up to the first novel which sold well & received very strong reviews, including being picked by i09’s book club.

• THE TWILIGHT OF LAKE WOEBEGOTTEN - 978-1-59780-284-0
- A parody / literary mash-up of Twilight & Lake Wobegotten

Sea Lion Books

• DRAGON MOUND by Richard Knaak - 978-0-9828186-1-9
- New novel (not graphic novel), by the author who earlier in his career was best known for writing Star Trek, D&D and World of Warcraft novels. In the last few years Knaak has written a best-selling series for Pocket called ‘’Diablo’’ that have consistently sold between 70 – 100,000 copies in mass market on Bookscan.
- Given this new book is a hardcover, we expect a 15 – 20% conversion from his mass market readers.

• HUSH HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick - 978-0-9836131-1-4
- Graphic novel based on the New York Times best-selling YA series published by Simon & Schuster. The prose novel sold 100,000 copies in hardcover, and so far another 70,000 copies in trade paperback on Bookscan.
- The graphic novel will be published at the same time as the next prose novel from S&S.
- Author Becca Fitzpatrick will promote the graphic novel.

Zenescope

• ANIMAL PLANET: WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS - 978-0-9827507-3-5
- Following up their successful Discovery Channel titles on sharks & dinosaurs, this time the publisher teams up with The Animal Planet.

• JUMP*START: WINDY HOLLOW - 978-0-9830404-7-7
- Graphic novel for kids age 6-9 based on the popular online educational game with 30 million members (compare to Club Penguin, or Learning Company’s Reader Rabbit series)
- This is the site: http://www.jumpstart.com/
- Good overview on their Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JumpStart

• SPIKE TV’s 1000 WAYS TO DIE - http://www.spike.com/shows/1000-ways-to-die
- Graphic novel based on the #1 show on Spike TV with 50% new content (other 50% based on existing episodes)
- http://www.spike.com/shows/1000-ways-to-die

Hi,

It is with great regret that we must delay the August 10 release due to a delay in its domestic release in Hong Kong.

This delay affects the following:

Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (DVD) EYE371
Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (BLU-RAY) EYE371BR

Even with the delay, our release will still be kept very close to its release elsewhere in the world. This new date has not yet been set, but will be confirmed very soon.

We would like to advise a selection of books for the June release window will reach shores in the last week of June.

These can be ordered as normal but be aware the following titles will be shipped late June:

CTBIOM06 BIOMEGA MANGA VOL. 06 END
CTDNB03 DEATH NOTE: BLA...NGA VOL. 03
CTGP03 GENKAKU PICASSO...OL. 03 END
CTNRO01 NARUTO 3 IN 1 E...NGA VOL. 01
CTLB05 TEGAMI BACHI MANGA VOL. 05

Please note that we have the following changes in the release of the below Madman titles.
Effective Immediately
The Robotech Originals are temporarily discontinued until further notice – please ensure they are removed from any stock lists you may have
• ROBOTECH ORIGINAL: MACROSS - ULTIMATE DVD COLLECTION (MMB066)
• ROBOTECH ORIGINAL: MOSPEADA, GENESIS CLIMBER - DVD COLLECTION (MMB126)
• ROBOTECH ORIGINAL: SOUTHERN CROSS - DVD COLLECTION (MMB084)

National Geographic News – Free to Air Television
National Geographic’s Megastructures Breakdown is scheduled to air on Channel 7 from June and will also play on ONE HD, starting with Phantom Jet, Scrapyard & Train which are to be released on dvd – June 1st.
Great Migrations will also be airing on Channel 7 starting from June 6th

JuLY 2011
Megafactories: Super Cars NTG1034
• Price Change from $30.24 down to $26.88 ex gst
Simon & Simon – VVE272
• Please remove from July – this title has been delayed and will be resubmitted at a later date


This notice will also be posted up on the b2b site in the news area
http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/news.do?method=main
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me at any time.

Please be advised JOANNA LUMLEY’S NILE (MMA5110) has been withdrawn from our May18th release.

This is due to Channel 9 shifting their planned broadcast date. We are contractually obligated to not release prior to broadcast so therefore must move our home entertainment release date.

We will re-schedule once Channel 9 confirm their screening date and we have deleted all orders that have come in.
Please ensure that you advise your stores and we will place this notification up on our b2b site in the news section.