Month9Books publishes speculative fiction for teens and tweens, where nothing is as it seems. We published our first title in 2012 and our first full list published in 2013.
Our publisher, books, and or authors, have been featured in Publishers Weekly, Publishers Marketplace, CNN.com, B&N Blog, Galley Cat, Hypable, Teenreads, Locus Magazine, Suspense Magazine, USA Today, Tor.com, Justine Magazine, RT Book Reviews, Fresh Fiction, Glitter Magazine, YA to Film, Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Journal, ALAN, Library Media Connection, Middle Grade Shelf, Book Verdict, IBPA, Shelf Awareness, Dear Teen Me, YA Authors Against Bullying, Junior Library Guild, The Guardian, YA Books Central, Teen Librarian Toolbox, Booksellers NZ, Publishing Perspectives, Digital Book World, Adventures in YA Publishing, Paranormal Cravings, SSN Insider, The Huffington Post, Tor.com, Writers Digest, SFWA magazine, SCBWI (various regional publications), Hunger Mountain, Horror Writers Association, Thriller Writers Association, and more.
Recognition and Awards:
The Magnificent Glass Globe - Whitney Award nomination
Fearless - Whitney Award nomination
Operation Tenley - Kirkus star
Sacrifice - Junior Library Guild Selection
Serpentine - Junior Library Guild Selection
Sacrifice - Kirkus Prize nomination
Sacrifice - Kirkus star
Clanless - Whitney Award nomination
Poppy Mayberry, The Monday - Moonbeam Gold Winner
Minotaur - Parents Choice Award
The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief - Bram Stoker nomination
Branded - KDP All-Star
Serpentine - School Library Journal starred review
Events Participation (incomplete list):
Our publisher, staff, or authors have been invited to participate in San Diego Comic Con, Dragon Con, New York Comic Con, NC Comic Con, SIBA, SCIBA, ALAN, Texas/North Carolina/Tennessee/California/New York Library Associations, YALLWest, Digital Book World, BEA, BookCon, Decatur Book Festival, Arizona Festival of Books, ALA, ALA Midwinter, RT Booklovers Convention, RWA, Publishing Perspectives, SCBWI, Carolina Romance Writers, Florida Writers Association, Maryland Writers Association, Missouri Writers Association, LA Times Festival of Books, ALAN, DFW Writers Con, Missouri Writers Association, Oak City Comic Show, WonderCon, Geeky Con, Leviosa Con, Sirens, Geek Girl Con, NCTE, and more.
Recent Audio and Foreign Sales:
Gabriel Stone Series (audio), Fire of Stars and Dragons (audio), Finding Mr. Darcy (Czech Republic), Waiting for April (UK), Angel Sight Series (audio), Sinners series (audio), Dead Jed (Nickelodeon, audio), Call Me Grim (audio), The Best Laid Plans (audio), The Accidental Socialite series (UK), Scandalous Boys series (audio), Blood Road (audio), Poppy Mayberry the Monday (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Effortless With You (Hungary), Minotaur (Greece), Genesis Girl (Turkey), Dragonrider Chronicles (audio), Dragonrider Legacy (audio), Dragonrider Trials (audio), and The Undertakers (France). We have worked to license work to/from Little Brown UK, Harlequin Australia, Random House Australia, and smaller presses. Our titles have been sold to China, Czech Republic, UK, Australia, France, Hungary, Turkey, and Greece. We've sold books to Audible, ListenUp!, Tantor Media, and Blackstone Audio.
Film and TV Options and Sales:
Two and Twenty Dark Tales (Brillstein Entertainment Partners), Nameless (Benderspink), Dead Jed (Nickelodeon), Mad Magic (Grade A Entertainment), and The Undertakers (Moderncine), The Sky Throne (not yet announced).
Print and Online Advertising:
We have taken ads in/on RT Book Reviews, Goodreads, BookBub, School Library Jounral, Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Publishers Weekly, Fresh Fiction, Shelf Awareness, BookBuzz, All Romance Books, I Heart Libraries, SIBA, YA Books Central, Paranormal Cravings, and more.
Trade, Retail and Specialty:
In addition to the many awesome indie booksellers in the US and Canada, Month9Books titles can be found physically in select Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million. Our books are routinely ordered by Amazon, Brodart, United Library Services Inc., 3M Library Systems, Overdrive Inc., Scribd, iBooks, Google Play, Kobo, Bookazine Distribution and Logistics, Whitehots Inc., Junior Library Guild, Ingram Book Co, Baker & Taylor, Barnes and Noble Inc., Follett School Solutions, Mackin Educational Resources, Indigo Books and Music, Apple/iBooks, IBPA partner marketing, Walmart.com, Target.com, Baker & Taylor Blio, Best Sales Corp, Ebrary Subscriptions, Hertzberg New Method Inc., Indoocom, Library Ideas LLC., Library Services Centre, and other wholesalers and retailers both on and offline.
Agencies and Sub Agents:
Our agency list represents some of the oldest and largest agencies in the country as well as some solo practitioners and smaller agencies! This means authors and agents get the benefit of our experience in contract negotiation, market conditions and changes in the publishing landscape and can be assured that our contracts are solid and author friendly.
Among our agents are: Brandt & Hochman, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency, Writers House, Trident Media Group, The Unter Agency, The Knight Agency, Georges Borchardt, Pen & Ink Literary, J.A. Webber Literary Agency, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Donaghy Literary Agency, Liza Royce Agency, Harvey Klinger Inc., ICM Partners, Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency, The Seymour Agency, Holloway Literary Agency, AKA Literary, Booker Albert Agency, The Literary Counsel, Paradigm, Rees Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Liza Dawson Associates, The Rights Factory, Aponte Literary Agency, Irene Goodman Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Prospect Agency, A+B Works, and more.
We are represented in the foreign market by Shinwon Agency (Korea), Anatolia Lit Agency (Turkey), and Anna Jarota Agency (France, Eastern and Western Europe).
Trade Membership:
We belong to SIBA, AAP, and IBPA. You can find us listed in SCBWI and Children's Writers and Illustrator's Market. We are an International Thriller Writers Recognized Publisher.
Deals and Deal Announcements:
We list our deals in both Publisher’s Weekly and Publishers Marketplace.