Kingdom hearts Novels - Do they exist?

Discussion in 'General & Upcoming Kingdom Hearts' started by catmaster, Apr 11, 2010.

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  1. catmaster Merlin's Housekeeper

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    Does anyone know whether or not the english novels for Kingdom hearts really do exist. Wiki claims that the novels do exist with sources stemming from the online selling site Amazon.

    Kingdom Hearts: The First Door [Volume 1]
    Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Within [Volume 2]

    They all say that disney press is translating and publishing them in English.
    [I was actually hoping another publisher such as tokyopop would do the novelisation coz Im more comfortable with their works with the many Kingdom Heart manga that have been released as well as the novelisation of the .HACK// series]

    What is more intriguing is that a while ago I emailed Disney press asking about the kingdom hearts novels and I got a reply saying that they had no idea that they were publishing a kingdom hearts novel xD...and also by the fact that I can't find the cover art of the English edition on any book selling site or anywhere.

    so, with all the evidence I am presented, I am led to believe that PERHAPS those books really doesn't exist.

    please discuss =DD, I'd like this cleared up - because its causing major confusion as well as circulation of false information
    [alternatively we could just go search for a translation on the net...anyone know where?]

    oh yea, If anyone HAS the actual english novels, plz come forward and speak =DD

    Thnxxxxxxx for everyone who bothered to read this =D
     
  2. Stardust Chaser

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    I just checked Wikipedia, and this is what it says:
    ...None of that actually said it was being published in the U.S., so I checked one of the cited links. It led to this Amazon page.

    When you scroll down and look at the publishing date, it says "August 1, 2007" ...Several years ago. And nowhere does it actually say the novel is in English. Amazon often sells foreign goods, so I think what we're looking at here is the Japanese novel, published by the Japanese Disney Press. I think.

    EDIT: My bad, it does say English. I actually think Amazon just made a mistake on this one. I've seen them do it before.

    EDIT II: ...And now that I look at it, the citation leads to a link archived in WayBack Machine. This is old, then. Perhaps Disney Press was planning on publishing it here but it got canceled, or Amazon got some misinformation on a release.
     
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