It's been a busy fortnight here at Penguin Towers.
Two weeks ago we were contacted by the agent representing the estate of Douglas Adams who asked us if we might be interested in bidding for the right to publish a sixth installment of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to be written by Eoin Colfer. Needless to say we were and a crack team threw themselves into creating one of the best pitches anyone has ever seen. This (and a large-ish cheque) happily won us the rights to publish And Another Thing... and late last night we broke the news to the legions of fans of the Hitchhiker's series and the almost equally hardcore fans of Eoin's Artemis Fowl books.
We knew that there would be intense interest in this news and we wanted the fans to be the first people to hear it, so at 6pm last night we alerted them to these audio recordings which they quickly spread around the internet. 'Big media' grasped onto the story early this morning culminating in an appearance by Eoin Colfer on Radio4's Today programme.
Now, in the very brief lull between announcing this news and planning the delivery of the most exciting publishing event of 2009, we have a few moments to sit back and watch these most passionate of fans debate the merits of resurrecting the series.
Reactions have ranged from the ecstatic, to slightly concerned, to completely appalled via speculation that this might be part of an even deeper conspiracy. If you want to add to the noise, leave a comment below. We don't speak Vogon, but we do look forward to hearing from you.
Jeremy Ettinghausen, Digital Publisher
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