Random House CEO: Pratchett part of "an amazing lineup" with "enormous commercial potential"; Unseen Academicals to be published in 2009?--From Rim to Hub

**Random House CEO: Pratchett part of “an amazing lineup” with “enormous commercial potential”; Unseen Academicals to be published in 2009?**

21 December 2008 (15:18)

Random House CEO Markus Dohle stated in a December 18th memo that Terry Pratchett’s writing is part of “an amazing lineup” of works to be published in 2009, which he expects to help Random House through a year that economists predict will be bleak.

Dohle mentions that in 2009, Random House’s many imprints have plans to publish hardcovers, paperbacks, audiobooks, and e-books with “enormous commercial potential” by many popular authors, including Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Ann Brashares, Lee Child, Deepak Chopra, Ann Coulter, Richard Dawkins, John Grisham, Stephen Hawking, Carl Hiaasen, Tracy Kidder, Sophie Kinsella, Dean Koontz, Rachael Ray, Danielle Steel, Martha Stewart, Anne Tyler, and of course Terry Pratchett.

With this news, fans can speculate: what is Scholastic planning to publish by Terry Pratchett next year? Points to keep in mind:

A final Tiffany Aching novel, titled I Shall Wear Midnight, is planned, but interviews imply that it is not currently being worked on.
At this time last year, “the basic notes [were] already being laid down” for a novel titled Unseen Academicals, according to the letter Pratchett wrote to fans.
The paperback edition of Nation has not yet been released.

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