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In 1956, Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels. He was the literary consultant and chairman of Ian Fleming Publications until 2001 . Today, Ian Fleming Publications administers all of Ian Fleming's literary oeuvre and is owned by Fleming's family. PUBLICATION HISTORY After Fleming's death, in 1964, Glidrose Productions Ltd planned a continuation series of James Bond books, to be written by a rotating series of authors, under the '' by John Pearson and considered having Pearson write a continuation series of Bond novels, but no further books resulted. In 1977 and again in 1979, Glidrose authorized Christopher Wood to write novelisations of his scripts for the Bond films '' The Spy Who Loved Me '' and '' Moonraker '' since the filmed stories deviated drastically from the original Fleming novels of the same titles (indeed, Fleming had instructed Glidrose to only sell the movie rights to the title of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', rendering the film by necessity an original story). In 1981, the James Bond book series was revived, with new novels written by John Gardner . In 1996, John Gardner retired from writing Bond books, and Raymond Benson quickly replaced him. Benson is the first American to write James Bond novels, a fact that was initially controversial. It was during Benson's tenure that the company changed names from Glidrose Productions Ltd to Ian Fleming Publications; the publisher's new name appeared first in '' High Time To Kill '', (1999). In turn, Benson retired from writing Bond books in 2002. Since then Ian Fleming Publications has started a new series of Bond books, however, this time based on a young teenage James Bond in the 1930s. The series, written by Charlie Higson , is planned out for 5 novels and has been dubbed '' Young Bond ''. In 2005, Ian Fleming Publications launched another series of Bond-related books entitled '' The Moneypenny Diaries '' by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym "Kate Westbrook". IFP initially denied any connection with the books, but this was later revealed to be part of a Publicity Stunt for the release of the first book, ''Guardian Angel''. A new adult Bond novel is expected in 2008 as a one-off by an unknown author to commemorate what would have been Ian Fleming's 100th birthday. JAMES BOND BOOKS by Ian Fleming #'' Casino Royale '' (1953) — first American paperback title: ''You Asked For It'' #'' Live And Let Die '' (1954) #'' Moonraker '' (1955) — first American paperback title: ''Too Hot to Handle'' #'' Diamonds Are Forever '' (1956) #'' From Russia With Love '' (1957) #'' Dr. No '' (1958) #'' Goldfinger '' (1959) #'' Thunderball '' (1961) — "based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory , Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming" #'' The Spy Who Loved Me '' (1962) #'' On Her Majesty's Secret Service '' (1963) #'' You Only Live Twice '' (1964) #'' The Man With The Golden Gun '' (1965) ;Short stories: by Kingsley Amis (as " Robert Markham ") #'' Colonel Sun '' (1968) — last book copyrighted under the Glidrose Productions name by John Gardner #'' Licence Renewed '' (1981) — American title: ''License Renewed'' #'' For Special Services '' (1982) #'' Icebreaker '' (1983) #'' Role Of Honour '' (1984) — American title: ''Role of Honor'' #'' Nobody Lives For Ever '' (1986) — American title: ''Nobody Lives Forever'' #'' No Deals, Mr. Bond '' (1987) #'' Scorpius '' (1988) #'' Win, Lose Or Die '' (1989) #'' Brokenclaw '' (1990) #'' The Man From Barbarossa '' (1991) #'' Death Is Forever '' (1992) #'' Never Send Flowers '' (1993) #'' SeaFire '' (1994) #'' COLD '' (1996) — American title: ''Cold Fall'' by Raymond Benson #'' Zero Minus Ten '' (1997) #'' The Facts Of Death '' (1998) - last Bond novel copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name #'' High Time To Kill '' (1999) - first Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications #'' Doubleshot '' (2000) #'' Never Dream Of Dying '' (2001) #'' The Man With The Red Tattoo '' (2002) ;Short stories: by Charlie Higson Higson's novels, part of a series called '' Young Bond '', are Prequel s to Fleming's series. #'' SilverFin '' - March 2005 #'' Blood Fever '' - January 2006 #'' Young Bond Book 3 '' - January 2007 #'' Young Bond Book 4 '' - January 2008 #'' Young Bond Book 5 '' - 2009 Novelisations
JAMES BOND SPINOFFS James Bond Jr. Written by Arthur Calder-Marshall under the pseudonym R.D. Mascott, it was the first James Bond related book not written by Ian Fleming to be published after Fleming's death. #'''' (1967) The Authorised Biography Written by Fleming's friend and colleague, John Pearson , the book differs from all other Bond novels in that it is a biography told in the first-person by Pearson upon meeting James Bond. #'''' (1973) — first book copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name The Moneypenny Diaries ''The Moneypenny Diaries'' is a planned trilogy chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny . The books are written by Samantha Weinberg (credited as "edited by Kate Westbrook"). #'''' - October 2005 #Second volume (title to be announced) - tentatively scheduled for October 2006 #Third volume (title to be announced) - publication date to be announced. OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS
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