The move to HarperCollins, one of the world’s largest publishing companies and representative of such authors as Clive Barker & Michael Crichton, signifies the possibilities of a long-term book deal. While it is not known for sure whether or not the book will take place in the Five Nights at Freddy’s world, the identifiers listed for the book include, “Media Tie-in, Imagination & Play, and Horror & Ghost Stories”, leading us to assume that some sort of game influence will lend itself to these books.
The mysterious new book is simply labeled as Young Adult Horror # 1 on the site as of right now, and has an e-book and hardcover ISBN already generated. The book will be priced at $9.99 and $17.99 respectively, and is scheduled to be released on September 6th. 2016.
As of this moment, Scott Cawthon has not responded to any e-mails regarding this new series, but this article will be updated if any news develops.
This invite the question as to why anyone would bother to offer a hardcover version if the listing is a stolen IP Hardcover books are normally much more expensive to make then paperback books, and exponentially more expensive then a simple e-book version would be.
This isn’t to say Scott may be hiding the truth. Video game books are often made without the owner’s consent, however these books are typically self-published and are never hardcover.
Since the update of this article, Scott has again been contacted with hopes to clear up any confusion surrounding this story, and has been provided with HarperCollins’ official ISBN for the book to help him dispute any claims against his protected properties.
