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New Book & New Game: Bastei Lübbe AG and international best-selling author Ken Follett strengthen their collaboration and for the first time conclude a multimedia agreement

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New Book & New Game: Bastei Lübbe AG and international best-selling
author Ken Follett strengthen their collaboration and for the first
time conclude a multimedia agreement

27.11.2014 / 11:41

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New Book & New Game: Bastei Lübbe AG and international best-selling author
Ken Follett strengthen their collaboration and for the first time conclude
a multimedia agreement

Agreement concluded on new novel. Bastei Lübbe also secures global rights
for the simultaneous release of the computer-game to "The Pillars of the
Earth"

Cologne, 27 November 2014. The Cologne-based media company Bastei Lübbe and
international best-selling author Ken Follett will continue their
successful decades-long collaboration and will in future expand into new
media channels worldwide. The company has reached an agreement with the
British author on the publication of his new novel. Ken Follett, who has
just completed a successful tour of Germany, revealed to his fans during
his appearances that his next novel will see a return to Kingsbridge, thus
building on his worldwide success with "The Pillars of the Earth" from
1989; with over 23 million copies sold, it is amongst one of the 100 most
successful novels worldwide, and in a survey by ZDF in 2004 it was voted
third most popular book in Germany after "The Lord of the Rings" and the
Bible. In "World Without End" (published in 2007) the Welshman returns to
Kingsbridge; the story takes place 200 years after "The Pillars of the
Earth" and was also a huge success. For the new novel, which will be
published in autumn 2017, Ken Follett is planning yet another large leap in
time. He would like to write about Kingsbridge in the 16th century, during
the time of Queen Elizabeth I and the first secret service which was
developed on behalf of the regent.

"From the start, Ken Follett has been a unique image-shaping author for our
company. This is why we are especially proud that we will not only continue
to work together, but that we will also expand," explains Thomas Schierack,
CEO of Bastei Lübbe AG. In addition to the new novel, part of the future
collaboration involves a computer-game of the most successful title to
date, "The Pillars of the Earth", which can be played on all consoles, PC
and mobile devices. "We have agreed with Ken Follett that a computer-game
will be released simultaneously alongside the launch of the third
Kingsbridge book in autumn 2017," said Schierack, at the same time