The latest Diamond Books Sales kit is now available on the B2B files section.

DBD_JUN2011SalesKit.pdf

Diamond's Notable titles:


Bandai



• KANNAGI V1 - 978-1-60496-267-3

- Top-tier new series with anime tie-ins. Comp to LUCKY STAR.



Bluewater



• FAME: LADY GAGA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL - 978-1-4507-4920-6

- Timed to release with her new album, BORN THIS WAY, coming out on May 23rd .



• THE ROYALS: PRINCE WILLIAM & KATE MIDDLETON: GRAPHIC NOVEL - 978-1-4507-4921-3

- (note this is a drop-in title; book will go on sale April 19th)

- Timed with the royal wedding on April 29th.



Dark Horse



• BALTIMORE V1: THE PLAGUE SHIPS by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden - 978-1-59582-673-2

- Based on the prose novel by the same authors published by Bantam (Bookscan: 11,000 copies)

- This may be the rare case where the graphic novel outsell the prose edition, because that’s where Mike Mignola’s fan base is (creator of Hellboy)



• BUFFY SEASON EIGHT V8: THE LAST GLEAMING - 978-1-59582-610-7

- The final volume of season eight.

- Great opportunity to re-promote the backlist

- Over 1 million copies of Buffy books have been sold

- Major marketing campaign

- Here a link to a letter to fans from creator Joss Whedon on ending this series: http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/228/ending-buffy-season-8



Dynamite Entertainment



• CHARLAINE HARRIS’ GRAVE SIGHT V1 - 978-1-60690-229-5

- Graphic novel based on the Harper Connelly series by the creator of True Blood.

- The prose novel, published by Penguin, sold over 150,000 copies on Bookscan

- Note IDW’s True Blood graphic novel is based on the HBO series; so this is the first graphic novel to come from the author Charlaine Harris



IDW



• DUNGEONS & DRAGONS V1: SHADOWPLAGUE - 978-1-60010-922-5

- Launching a new graphic novel series based on the worldwide popular game.



• JERICHO SEASON 3 - 978-1-60010-939-3

- Based on the cult TV show that was cancelled after 2 seasons. The graphic novel picks up where the TV show ended.

- Note: a previous edition was solicited by publisher Devils Due but never shipped. IDW has taken over the rights and this shall be the only edition available. Please ask your accounts to delete the Devils Due edition under 978-1934692745



• LOCKE & KEY V3: CROWN OF SHADOWS - 978-1-60010-953-9

- Basis of the upcoming TV series on Fox



Nightshade



• HAPPILY EVER AFTER - 978-1-59780-220-8

- Anthology of fairy tales with an all-star cast of contributors including Gregory Maguire (Wicked), Susanne Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel), Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club), Holly Black, Patricia Briggs, Garth Nix and Neil Gaiman. Introduction by Bill Willingham (Fables)

- From the publishers that brought you other best-selling anthologies including The Living Dead and Wasteland.



Random House UK



• DR WHO: DEAD OF WINTER - 978-1-84990-238-0

• DR WHO: HUNTER’S MOON - 978-1-84990-236-6

• DR WHO: WAY THROUGH THE WOODS - 978-1-84990-237-3

- Sales of Dr Who novels continue to climb

- New season of Dr Who TV series will premiere in Spring 2011



Udon Entertainment



• MEGAMEN GIGAMIX V1 - 978-1-926778-23-5

- Sequel to the Megamen Megamix, which was one of our top selling manga series in 2010.

Good afternoon,

Please see the below update from Toll Ipec as at today.
Great news is the it’s almost business as usual for IPEC deliveries.
This notice will also be posted up on b2b.madman.com.au website, please feel free to post this onto your intranet for your stores.

Cheers
Belinda




Toll IPEC – Queensland and Victorian Flood Update
Wednesday 19th January 2011 (11:30 AEDST)

All Toll IPEC’s depots are fully operational and have not been directly impacted by flooding.
Please see below updates for specific regions that have been impacted by flooding in both QLD and Victoria.
BRISBANE UPDATE:
There are still some 24,000 homes and businesses without power in the local Brisbane area and the clean up still continues. Yesterday we suffered from some road closures and diversions that are still present, however today is very much back to business as usual.
Rockhampton Region Update:
All is going well today. Reports are that the airport may be able to re-open by the end of the week.
Maroochydore and South Burnett Update:
Gympie/Maryborough/Bundaberg deliveries and pickups are all going well today.
As reported yesterday; Yarraman and Kingaroy are currently being diverted via Gympie due to the road closures at the Blackbutt range; this may continue for up to a week before this will re-open.
Toowoomba Update:
Toowoomba is working as normal.
As reported yesterday; the Tara and Condamine regions will most likely be closed for the remainder of the week at this stage.
North QLD PM Update:
Also all going very well today
Victoria:
Rupanyup, Warracknabeal, Dimboola, St Arnaud, Donald, Nhill, Kaniva, Murtoa and Minyip, all surrounding areas of Horsham will not receive deliveries today. This has been caused by the flow on affect from the Wimmera River flooding Horsham. We are endeavouring to catch up on all Horsham deliveries today to clear the backlog.
There will be no deliveries at all into Kerang today due to concern over the structural integrity of a key levy bank in the area.
All deliveries into Rochester and Charlton will again be attempted today. Several deliveries were completed yesterday in these areas.
Please note that some stores will be closed and access may be limited due to traffic and or flood damage.

Good afternoon,
As per below – we have received an update in regards to deliveries within Victorian Flood Affected Areas.

This notice is also posted up on the b2b site (b2b.madman.com.au) in the news section.

Regards
Belinda


lease see the updated report on the Victorian country deliveries affected by the floods:

1. There will be no deliveries into Horsham, Ararat, Stawell and surrounding areas today. It is likely that the linehaul vehicles will have access tonight. This will be confirmed at midday.
2. There was no linehaul ex Altona last night for Swan Hill. Therefore only the VE Swan Hill and surrounding areas will be delivered today. At this stage all linehaul will be back to normal tonight
3. We have been told that Kerang will have no access after 900 today. However all VE freight has been loaded and DeGregorio will deliver as much as possible before this time
4. Rochester and Charlton is flooded with little or no deliveries today

Good morning,

Below and are attached are notifications received as at today from Toll Ipec.

Please feel free to pass this information onto all franchisees, this will also be posted up on our b2b.madman.com.au website under the News section.

Regards,
Belinda


Below is what NQX have said as of this morning. I also asked if there is a list of “NO GO ZONES” or what areas can be delivered into…but they do not have something like this as yet.
Also attached is Toll Ipec’s update as of today also.

We will be commencing movements over the course of Sunday afternoon to allow for the Clean up operations to continue on the damaged roads.



Toll IPEC – Queensland Flood Update
13th January 2011

BRISBANE UPDATE:
Our Brisbane depot at Larapinta remains unaffected by flooding however is currently operating with a skeleton staff.

No pickups will be completed in the Brisbane area today however some deliveries will be attempted to the small number of suburbs that remain unaffected by flooding. This will be reviewed daily, with the personal safety of our drivers being a primary concern.

Our Priority Air LineHaul service into Queensland is still available with minor delays into some Regional Queensland locations; however there are delays in deliveries to some regional towns and Brisbane suburbs that remain flood affected.

REGIONAL QUEENSLAND UPDATE:
We are attempting to service ALL Regional Queensland locations as per normal service and customers are advised to continue to dispatch their freight.

Service to Townsville from Melbourne & Sydney is currently being routed via Dubbo, Cunnamulla, Barcaldine, Winton, Hughenden and Charmers Towers.

The water in Rockhampton is receding with authorities expecting the Bruce Highway at Yeppen Crossing to be opened on Saturday (15/1/2011). Access north through Mackay, Townsville and Cairns is still available. Far western freight is being delivered into Longreach, Winton, Barcaldine and Blackall. Emerald freight is being stored in Brisbane currently due to inland road closures. Gladstone is not accessible due to the highway being closed at Gympie.

Gold Coast is fully operational apart from minor road closures which will cause some delays.

Toowoomba is open today for deliveries as are local areas of Millmerran and Highfields. All other areas including Warwick, Dalby, Chinchilla, Roma, Charleville and Goondiwindi are still isolated and currently cannot be serviced.

The safety of our staff is paramount, however we will continue to do whatever we can to provide service to you and your customers.

Your understanding and patience is acknowledged and appreciated and we will continue to provide updates via our website as the situation changes.

TOLL IPEC - Flood Update 12/1/11




Brisbane Update


No pickups will be completed in the Brisbane area today, some deliveries may be completed to the small amount of suburbs that are unaffected by the flooding, this will be reviewed with the personal safety of our drivers being the most important issue.
Larapinta has skeleton staff only and all will be sent home once the sortation of freight is completed this am.




Sunshine Coast update


• Maroochydore – No effect on local roads with the exception of the Sunshine Coast hinterland some road closures such as Maleny and Montville
• .Bruce Hwy is open from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast

• Caboolture – Deliveries and Pick ups around Caboolture, Morayfield and Narangba will be affected with localised flooding in the Caboolture region. In the inner west Kilcoy, Esk, Yarraman, Nanango, Tarong and Murgon remain flooded with road closures. The Blackbutt Range remains closed due to landslides.
• Gympie – The Bruce Hwy remains cut south and north of Gympie and the town has localised flooding. The depot has been evacuated of all equipment and there is no freight in the depot. It is expected that Gympie will be remain cut for the next couple of days.

• Maryborough – The town of Maryborough is operating as normal with no further water on roads, however Salt Water Bay creek is rising and there is a risk of Harvey Bay being cut from Maryborough. Access through to Maryborough is not possible with the Bruce Hwy cut at Gympie. Mundubbera and Gayndah have road closures due to flooding with no vehicles getting through. There are limited fuel supplies in the region of Maryborough.

• Bundaberg – There is some localised flooded roads in Bundaberg and the river is slowly rising again. No access Southbound past Gympie on the Bruce Hwy.




Gold Coast update

Linehaul

• All inbound units from SYD stuck in Grafton
• We have received our MEL Double and BNE single
• Our outbound OOL – SYD unit from last night has arrived in SYD.

Local

Please see the below local areas affected. These are outer area suburbs so the impact on our customers will be minimal. All other suburbs in our area will be serviced as per normal.

• ADVANCETOWN - GOLD COAST SPRINGBROOK ROAD
Gold Coast - Spring brook Road is closed between Belmont Park Drive and Pine Creek Rd due to flooding. Also closed at the Austin Ville Rd turn off.
• BEECHMONT - BEECHMONT ROAD
BEECHMONT ROAD, BEECHMONT is currently closed between Bottle tree Lane and 2km from Nerang - Murwillumbah Road intersection.
• CLAGIRABA - CLAGIRABA ROAD
There is water over CLAGIRABA ROAD at CLAGIRABA near Nerang Beaudesert Rd.
• TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN - HENRI ROBERT DRIVE 04:53 AM 12/01/2011
HENRI ROBERT DRIVE, TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN Henri Robert Dr Mt Tamborine has experienced a land slip however is still open
• TUGUN - PACIFIC MOTORWAY
TUGUN BYPASS, TUGUN.
A landslide occurred on the southbound lanes on the Tugun Bypass about one kl/m south of the Stewart Road interchange.
One southbound lane is closed and traffic is reduced to 40km
• WONGAWALLAN - TAMBORINE OXENFORD ROAD 04:53 AM 12/01/2011
TAMBORINE OXENFORD ROAD, WONGAWALLAN. Tamborine Oxenford Road at Wongawallan Creek is closed.
We have cancelled all Temps and outside hire vehicles and there will be a toolbox at 0730 to advise drivers / contractors of the road closures, to ensure all freight available is delivered and that we will update on tomorrow later in the day.



Rockhampton Update

The Bruce Highway is closed at Yeppen Crossing which is the southern entrance into Rockhampton.
Authorities predict the highway will be closed until at least this coming weekend.
This crossing is also the main road to:

- Gracemere
- Emerald
- Blackwater
- Duaringa
- Biloela
- Woorabinda

We can still travel north through to Mackay, Townsville and Cairns. Far western freight is being delivered into Longreach, Winton, Barcaldine and Blackall.
Emerald freight is being stored in Brisbane due to the inland roads being closed until further notice.
The Bruce Highway is also closed at Gympie which is stopping vehicles moving north.
Gladstone is not receiving freight due to the highway being closed at Gympie.
Rockhampton are still receiving Priority freight each day which is being driven from Mackay.
This freight is being sorted and delivered upon arrival.




Toowoomba Update

Toowoomba depot is closed again today for deliveries and pickups as no freight is currently able to get into Toowoomba.
The flooding issue has cleared for Toowoomba however clean up is continuing at this stage.
We have received NO Line Haul trailers from either Brisbane or Sydney due to roads being closed.
But we are also now affected by the flooding around the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich and the Brisbane area.

We regret to inform that a serious error has been found on Volume 3 of VAMPIRE KNIGHT - MMA4348

This disc was replicated without the final episode of season 1, Episode 13 and as such we are completely removing the erroneous stock from market and issuing free replacements.

Slick and other details are correct.

To amend the error, we are:

- Expediting the fixed replication and will have replacement stock of the title ready to send Mid February.
- All retail orders of this title will be fully replaced.
- Any current/existing stock at retail is not to be returned, but it must be DESTROYED and NOT SOLD.

We apologise for the unfortunate error, which we have taken steps to ensure cannot be repeated and thank you all for your patience in awaiting corrected stock.

Please do not hesitate to contact your account manager for questions or assistance.

We have just received notification that NO freight is moving either in or out of Brisbane as at 1pm today. This is via NQX however, we are positive that this also applies to most carriers.

Good morning,
Please note the following changes to our release schedule.
February
The Vanquisher (EYE356) inititally in our February package has had to be removed due to the poor quality master that arrived in our office – we will resubmit in May – any orders that come in on the February orders will be cancelled.
MMA8825 – Historire(S) Du Cinema will not make the February 16th shelf date – we will however, keep your orders on back order and send as soon as it comes in.
March
Sesame Street: Superheroes (SES1038) has had a name change to Sesame Street: Iron Monster & Sesame Heroes – why the name change? – DC & Marvel Comics own the trademark SUPERHEROES
The following titles are now deleted, and all backorders have been cancelled – please ensure you remove these titles from your systems.

MMB596 FAT ALBERT™ GREATEST HITS COLLECTION (SLIMPACK)
EYE284 GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER)
EYE290 GODZILLA VS.GIGAN
MMB613 KING OF BANDIT JING COLLECTION (SLIMPACK)


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.

The list is now available for download via the B2B website. Please login to download the new April 2011 pdf file :)

Ape Entertainment

• KUNG GU PANDA 2 PREQUEL (978-1-936340-36-1)
- Movie opens in May 2011

Archaia Entertainment

• FRAGGLE ROCK VOLUME 2 - 978-1-936393-13-8
- V1 came out in Fall 2010. Hoping for renewed interest with the show now running on The Hub cable network

Cryptozoic Entertainment

• New publisher joining DBD. They’re releasing a series of WORLD OF WARCRAFT card games in various configurations.
- Note these titles listed in April 2011 are shipping in November 2010

Dark Horse

• CHRONICLES OF CONAN V21: BLOOD OF THE TITAN - 978-1-59582-704-3
- New Conan movie to open August 19th 2011. We will present to your accounts a full Conan publishing program.

• EMILY THE STRANGE: THE 13TH HOUR - 978-1-59582-700-5
- Movie in development with Chloe Moritz starring as Emily (Kick-Ass’ Hit Girl)
- International brand awareness

• EVELYN EVELYN - 978-1-59582-578-0
- Art book created by Amanda Palmer, aka Mrs. Neil Gaiman, who just may promote this book to his 700,000 social media followers.
- Note this title has been solicited before but was delayed.

• JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WARLORD OF MARS - 978-1-59582-692-3
- Disney/Pixar John Carter of Mars movie to open on June 8th 2012
- Foreword by Michael Chabon (Adventures of Kavlier & Clay)

• NEON GENEIS EVANGELION: CAMPUS APOCALYPSE V3 - 978-1-59582-680-0
- Continues the Bookscan best-selling manga series / anime tie-in

• SUPERSIZED: STRANGE TALES FROM THE FAST-FOOD CULTURE - 978-1-59582-511-7
- New graphic novel by the creator of the famed documentary & best-selling book Supersized.
- Note this title has been solicited before but was delayed

• ADVENTURES OF DR McNINJA - 978-1-59582-709-8
- First time in print, based on the popular web comic: http://drmcninja.com/
- The print book will include stories not available online
- Avg 140 – 200K unique visitors per day when there are new materials; 90K per day without new materials

Digital Manga

• FAFNER: DEAD AGRESSOR - 978-1-56970-116-4
- Manga based on the massively popular anime / Playstation franchise from Japan

• TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE V3 ()
- Volume 1 was just selected by About.com as one of the best manga of 2010

Dynamite Entertainment

• THE BOYS VOLUME 6 - 978-1-60690-207-3
- Continues the Bookscan & NYT best-selling series

Hermes Press

• MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES - 978-1-932563-79-5
- This deluxe hardcover collects the original comics published between 1963 – 1966.
- Has potential to appeal to baby boomers worldwide nostalgic of the classic TV show starring Ray Walston & Bill Bixby

IDW

• BLOOM COUNTY: THE COMPLETE LIBRARY VOLUME 4 - 978-1-60010-899-0
- Continues the popular series

Image/Top Cow

• ARTIFACT VOLUME 2 - 978-1-60706-211-0
- Continues the major publishing event that unites all Top Cow characters from different series. V1 shipping at the end of 2010.

Prime Book

• BEWERE THE NIGHT - 978-1-60701-252-8
- Anthology of shapeshifter/werecreatures including bestselling authors Holly Black & Cherie Priest.

Due to errors which have been picked up during the replication process, the following releases have been delayed. They will now be available for release on January 12, 2011.

ASY011BR LET THE RIGHT ONE IN [BluRay]
MMA2550BR TEN CANOES [BluRay]

All orders that have been received will be processed and sent in time for January 12. There is no need to re-order again.