James Patterson’s BookShots
Arriving tomorrow is the first in James Patterson’s new original trade paperback series, titled BookShots. The first in the series features his most popular character, Cross Kill: An Alex Cross Story (Hachette/BookShots; Hachette Audio; OverDrive Sample), it is just 144 pages long. [UPDATE: a second BookShot will also be released tomorrow, Zoo 2 : A Zoo Story, James Patterson, Max DiLallo. The series will release 2 to 4 titles the first week of each month, see list below].
CBS Sunday Morning featured an interview with Patterson yesterday [Note: the video of the interview is no longer available]. He explains the idea behind BookShots,
“This is a little bit of a revolution … unfortunately for a lot of people …books [have become] just too long for them to deal with … [BookShots] are very, very fast-paced. They’re like reading a movie.”
CBS correspondent Anthony Mason is surprised to learn that Patterson writes books in longhand, rather than using a computer, to which the author replies “Yeah, well, thank God I don’t work on a computer because then I’d be really prolific!”
Twenty-three BoosShots will be released in 2016. Mason says that Patterson, who is famous for using co-authors, is “involved in every single one of them” and Patterson adds for “80% of ’em I did the outline.”
Included are titles that appear distinctly non-Pattersonesque, listed as “James Patterson’s BookShots Flames.”
Below are the titles scheduled through the end of the year.
The Trial: A BookShot : A Women’s Murder Club Story, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, July 5
Little Black Dress, James Patterson, Emily Raymond, July 5
Learning to Ride , Erin Knightley, James Patterson (Foreword by), July 5
The McCullagh Inn in Maine , Jen McLaughlin, James Patterson (Foreword by), July 5
Chase: A BookShot : A Michael Bennett Story, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Aug. 2
Let’s Play Make-Believe, James Patterson, James O. Born, Aug 2
113 Minutes : A Story in Real Time, James Patterson, Max DiLallo, Sept. 6
Hunted, James Patterson, Andrew Holmes, Sept. 6
Sacking the Quarterback, Samantha Towle, James Patterson (Foreword by), Sept. 6
The Mating Season, Laurie Horowitz, James Patterson (Foreword by) Sept. 6
$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal, James Patterson, Hilary Liftin, Oct. 4
French Kiss : A Detective Luc Moncrief Story, James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Oct. 4
Killer Chef, James Patterson, Jeffrey J. Keyes, Nov. 1
Dazzling: The Diamond Trilogy, Part I, Elizabeth Hayley, James Patterson (Foreword by), Nov. 1
Bodyguard, Jessica Linden, James Patterson (Foreword by), Nov. 1
The Christmas Mystery : A Detective Luc Moncrief Story, James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Dec. 6
Black & Blue, James Patterson, Candice Fox (With), Dec. 6
Radiant: The Diamond Trilogy, Part II, Elizabeth Hayley, James Patterson (Foreword by)