Bulgarian publisher Ciela has announced the release of their translation of Robert McCammon’s The Listener! The book will begin shipping in early July 2020. It can be pre-ordered on the Ciela website. You can read publisher Blagoy Ivanov’s post about the release on Facebook.
Pre-order the Bulgarian edition of The Listener from Ciela
This is the sixth McCammon novel published in Bulgaria. See the covers for the previous five books in the Book Cover Gallery.
Luzifer Verlag has announced the publication date for their German translation of The Providence Rider. They’ll release Matthew Corbett in den Fängen des Kraken on September 30, 2020. The cover art can be seen below.
Matthew Corbett in den Fängen des Kraken at Luzifer
The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced that Chinese publisher Xiron has acquired the Chinese rights to Robert McCammon’s Swan Song.
As we reported last month, these rights deals were also recently signed:
These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.
Other upcoming international editions planned include:
If you read German, an excerpt from Luzifer’s upcoming translation of Boy’s Life can be read on their website.
German publisher Luzifer Verlag has announced the March 31, 2020, publication date for BOY’S LIFE – DIE SUCHE NACH EINEM MÖRDER, their translation of Boy’s Life. The cover art by Michael Schubert can be seen below.
BOY’S LIFE – DIE SUCHE NACH EINEM MÖRDER @ Luzifer
Also, Luzifer’s translation of Mister Slaughter was released at the end of November!
The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced the following new translation rights deals for Robert McCammon novels.
These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.
Other upcoming international editions planned include:
Italian publisher Fanucci has published a trade paperback translation of Otto Penzler’s anthology Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
Il grande libro degli zombie (The Great Book of the Zombies) was published on December 5, 2019, and includes Robert McCammon’s “Eat Me,” originally published in Skipp & Spector’s Book of the Dead anthology from 1989.
The ISBN is 9788834738764, and the book can be found on various European Amazon sites, including Amazon ES and Amazon FR. Oddly enough, only the Kindle edition is currently available on Amazon IT, though Amazon sellers offer it.
Bulgarian publisher Iztok-Zapad released Лебедова песен, their translation of Swan Song, on August 15, 2019. The translation is by Costa Sivov. Iztok-Zapad previously published Boy’s Life in 2013.
Thanks to the fine folks at Crossroad Press, Robert McCammon’s Trevor Lawson books, I Travel by Night and Last Train from Perdition, are now available in ebook formats outside the U.S. and Canada. Both ebooks sport new covers, too.
I Travel by Night ebook at Amazon UK | Kobo UK | Amazon AU
Last Train from Perdition ebook at Amazon UK | Kobo UK | Amazon AU
With these releases, all of Robert McCammon’s books are available as ebooks worldwide.
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Bulgarian publisher Iztok-Zapad released a Bulgarian translation of Robert McCammon’s classic coming-of-age novel Boy’s Life. back in 2013. The translation was done by Elena Pavlova, and the cover design, shown below, was by Denitsa Trifonova.
Iztok-Zapad has renewed their rights to the book, so presumably the book will be reprinted in Bulgaria soon.
Taiwan publisher Nautilus released their translation of Swan Song last month. They’ve now revealed the cover art for their upcoming Mandarin translation of MINE. Update: The book will be published on August 24, 2019.
