If you’ve been thinking TV needs more bodice-ripping movies and series, this announcement is for you.
Harlequin is teaming with independent production and distribution company Centinel Media to create “uplifting romantic entertainment.” The plan is to adapt select Harlequin novels into standalone movies and series for TV over three years, beginning in 2025.
The first book-to-film adaptations include fan-favorite titles Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell by Taj McCoy; The Dachshund Wears Prada by Stefanie London; Sweet on You by Carla de Guzman; Second-Guessing Fate by Claire Robyns; Ordinary Girl in a Tiara by Jessica Hart; and a movie inspired by the world of Harlequin’s long-running Montana Mavericks series.
“We’re thrilled to enter this partnership to bring our romance novels to the small screen, blending the best of Harlequin storytelling with a touch of movie magic. We’re excited to continue expanding the Harlequin universe and provide more...
Harlequin is teaming with independent production and distribution company Centinel Media to create “uplifting romantic entertainment.” The plan is to adapt select Harlequin novels into standalone movies and series for TV over three years, beginning in 2025.
The first book-to-film adaptations include fan-favorite titles Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell by Taj McCoy; The Dachshund Wears Prada by Stefanie London; Sweet on You by Carla de Guzman; Second-Guessing Fate by Claire Robyns; Ordinary Girl in a Tiara by Jessica Hart; and a movie inspired by the world of Harlequin’s long-running Montana Mavericks series.
“We’re thrilled to enter this partnership to bring our romance novels to the small screen, blending the best of Harlequin storytelling with a touch of movie magic. We’re excited to continue expanding the Harlequin universe and provide more...
- 10/10/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Photograph by Douglas Sonders
How Angela James, head of Harlequin's new romance e-book imprint, has forged a novel business model in paperless publishing.
Here are some things you may not have known about the $1 billion business that is romance publishing today: Divorced women read far fewer romance novels than single and married women do. Romance readers buy in volume and velocity, making them optimal digital readers. The stories are not about bodice-ripping anymore, or even just vampires, although those standbys haven't gone away; these days, the action is in shape-shifters (wolves, lions, and bears that take human form) and male-male (written for and usually by straight women). Oh, and about that action: Romance readers tend to want to see it, and it's not always vanilla.
Much of this, with the possible exception of the divorcées, initially eluded major romance publishers. None of it comes as a surprise to Angela James,...
How Angela James, head of Harlequin's new romance e-book imprint, has forged a novel business model in paperless publishing.
Here are some things you may not have known about the $1 billion business that is romance publishing today: Divorced women read far fewer romance novels than single and married women do. Romance readers buy in volume and velocity, making them optimal digital readers. The stories are not about bodice-ripping anymore, or even just vampires, although those standbys haven't gone away; these days, the action is in shape-shifters (wolves, lions, and bears that take human form) and male-male (written for and usually by straight women). Oh, and about that action: Romance readers tend to want to see it, and it's not always vanilla.
Much of this, with the possible exception of the divorcées, initially eluded major romance publishers. None of it comes as a surprise to Angela James,...
- 7/18/2011
- by Irin Carmon
- Fast Company
The numbers are in, and eBooks may very well be the bright spot in book publishing's dim future--but only if publishers can figure out a way to keep the momentum going.
EBook sales accounted for $46.5 million as of the end of September, according to the International Digital Publishing Forum (Idpf), but that number only represents trade eBook sales through wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double these figures due to industry wholesale discounts, says Idpf. It's a drop in the bucket for book sales overall, which amounted to about $1.26 billion for the month of September, according to the Association of American Publishers (Aap).
What's most astonishing, though, is that eBooks have sold like hotcakes without a marketing or sales strategy. Publishers are moving quick to catch up as new digital innovations come to market.
"Everybody's awake now," says Mike Shatzkin, a 40-year industry veteran and founder of the Idea Logical Company,...
EBook sales accounted for $46.5 million as of the end of September, according to the International Digital Publishing Forum (Idpf), but that number only represents trade eBook sales through wholesale channels. Retail numbers may be as much as double these figures due to industry wholesale discounts, says Idpf. It's a drop in the bucket for book sales overall, which amounted to about $1.26 billion for the month of September, according to the Association of American Publishers (Aap).
What's most astonishing, though, is that eBooks have sold like hotcakes without a marketing or sales strategy. Publishers are moving quick to catch up as new digital innovations come to market.
"Everybody's awake now," says Mike Shatzkin, a 40-year industry veteran and founder of the Idea Logical Company,...
- 11/23/2009
- by Lydia Dishman
- Fast Company
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