Valiant is proud to announce that UNITY
–Valiant Universe's landmark super-team – is coming to Amazon
Publishing's Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform
that enables any writer to write stories based on a range of original
works and characters and earn royalties for doing so.
Pitching a star-studded roster of
characters including Toyo Harada, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior and Livewire
into battle against X-O Manowar, the launch of the UNITY World will
coincide with the November 13th release of UNITY #1 - the oversized,
40-page first issue debut of Valiant's newest ongoing series by New York
Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and superstar artist
Doug Braithwaite (Justice). Valiant recently announced that UNITY #1
has accrued pre-orders of more than 68,500 copies, cementing its status
as one of 2013's highest selling new series debuts.
"Kindle Worlds continues to be an
amazing showcase for Valiant's most popular characters – and now authors
and readers can finally bring them together under the auspices of the
UNITY team. Build your own roster, send them on solo missions, introduce
your own favorite arch-villain – we had a tremendous time bringing the
UNITY comic book to life and, now, it's our distinct pleasure to let
fans do the same through the prism of Kindle Worlds and their incredible
fan fiction platform," said Gavin Cuneo, Valiant CFO & Head of
Strategic Development.
“UNITY is another great example of
Kindle Worlds providing writers and fans an opportunity to create new
stories with their favorite Valiant characters,” said Philip Patrick,
Director of Business Development and Publisher of Kindle Worlds. “We
can’t wait to see the directions authors take over the coming weeks and
look forward to reader responses to these stories.”
To celebrate the launch of Valiant's
groundbreaking superhero strike force to Kindle Worlds, Valiant will
also be giving away a select number of customized Kindle Paperwhite
devices – featuring the artwork of UNITY artist Doug Braithwaite – on
the Valiant Comics Facebook page (fb.com/ValiantComics) during the week of UNITY #1's release on November 13th.
To kill a king…he has created an army.
The world’s most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one
thing he never thought possible – fear. Halfway across the globe, a new
power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the
cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most unforgiving team
the world has ever known – UNITY. Their mission: defeat the threat
responsible for the destruction of MI-6, the decimation of an alien
world, and the occupation of Eastern Europe… Unseat the warrior king
armed with the universe’s most powerful weapon… Kill X-O Manowar!
Unity joins Valiant’s previously
launched Worlds starring its fan favorite superhero properties,
including: Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, Harbinger,
and Shadowman.
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About Valiant Entertainment
Valiant is a leading character-based
entertainment company with a library of over 1,500 characters, including
X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Shadowman, Eternal Warrior, and many more.
Established in 1989, Valiant has sold over 80 million comic books, and
today its characters continue to be forged in publishing, licensing,
film, video games, and beyond. Since its summer 2012 relaunch, Valiant
has returned to the fore as one of the most highly regarded publishers
in comics, winning a 2012 Diamond Gem Award for Comic Book Publisher of
the Year. For more information, visit ValiantUniverse.com.
About Kindle Worlds
Kindle Worlds is a new publishing model
that allows any writer to publish authorized stories inspired by popular
Worlds and make them available for readers to purchase in the Kindle
Store, and earn up to a 35% royalty while doing so. Kindle Worlds
stories are typically priced between $0.99 and $3.99 and are exclusive
to Kindle.
Amazon Publishing is engaged with
additional rights holders from different areas of entertainment—books,
games, TV, movies and music—and looks forward to announcing future deals
soon. To get started writing works in licensed properties and to view
the submission guidelines and instructions, visit the Self-Service
Submission Platform at kindleworlds.amazon.com. For updates on licensed
properties and to buy Kindle Worlds works, visit www.amazon.com/kindleworlds. For regular updates on Kindle Worlds, follow @KindleWorlds on Twitter.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a
Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in
July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc.
seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can
find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors
to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other
sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in
categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads;
Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby;
Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports &
Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services
provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud
infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology
platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of
business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most
advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher
contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the
latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the
ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle,
features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX
features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX display, a quad-core 2.2
GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as
exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second
Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday
button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display,
high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, www.amazon.es, www.amazon.com.br, www.amazon.in, and www.amazon.com.mx.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's
expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition,
management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential
fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of
legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization,
seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic
transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory,
government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information
about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial
results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K and subsequent filings.
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