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Title: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on June 16, 2015, 02:38:38 AM
Hey, I just saw about the new HB series, check out the details and poll (https://hardyanddrewmysteries.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/new-hardy-boys-series-clue-book-1-and-2-and-poll/). :) 8) It's all put together very tidy there, so I'll just go with that. I voted for the HB series. ;D
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on June 18, 2015, 03:05:23 PM
Wow- that was unexpected, but I guess I should have figured this was coming, since the new Nancy Drew book series had been announced a while back. (I had honestly forgotten about the Nancy Drew replacement series though.) At least, I presume this Hardy Boys Clue Book series is replacing the Secret Files series. Interesting..... Thanks for the update.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on June 21, 2015, 11:43:49 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on June 18, 2015, 03:05:23 PM
Wow- that was unexpected, but I guess I should have figured this was coming, since the new Nancy Drew book series had been announced a while back. (I had honestly forgotten about the Nancy Drew replacement series though.) At least, I presume this Hardy Boys Clue Book series is replacing the Secret Files series. Interesting..... Thanks for the update.

I remember you first said about the Nancy Drew Clue Book series and mentioned  on this post (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2691.msg73920#msg73920) about hoping for a Hardy Boys version. Looks like it came true! 8)
Happy to give the update. :)
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on June 21, 2015, 11:44:14 PM
I'm more interested in the HB ones than the Nancy Clue Book series, personally. The plot descriptions are much more interesting for the Hardys. Having to go to a birthday party for a mean girl like Deidre sounds torturous.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on June 24, 2015, 04:17:34 PM
Yeah, I guess so. Cool! :) 8)
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on July 01, 2015, 06:44:29 PM
The plot descriptions are available, you can see both on the same page (https://hardyanddrewmysteries.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/new-hardy-boys-series-clue-book-1-and-2-and-poll/). 8) I noticed some of the differences and similarities between the HB Clue books and the Secret Files from the details available and from the SF books I've read.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on July 01, 2015, 06:55:51 PM
Is anyone getting the hardcovers of either one? Do you get the hardcovers of all the Hardy Boys books, tomswift2002?
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on July 02, 2015, 04:03:11 PM
Well, I'm liking the interactive aspect of the new book series- that will be neat! :) And I've noticed that Simon & Schuster is keeping with tradition and releasing the first and second book in the series on the same date, April 19, 2016. 8) But wait- the books are getting a hardcover version? Seriously? That's interesting. I wouldn't think too many elementary school kids would want a hardcover version for those books, but that will be interesting to look for in any case.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on July 03, 2015, 01:29:30 PM
I wonder if the hard covers are going to be aimed primarily at libraries.  The age group at which these books are aimed can be quite rough on book, so a hardcover would hold up better than a paperback.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on July 04, 2015, 07:22:10 PM
True- makes sense. Did the Clues Brothers get hardbacks or maybe I'm just thinking of library rebindings of paperbacks?
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on July 04, 2015, 08:30:43 PM
Between 1985 and 2013 no Hardy Boys, Tom Swift or Nancy Drew series (aside from the Grosset & Dunlap books and the various Public Domain Tom Swift's) received hardcover printings.  If the libraries had any hard cover editions, they were rebindings of paperback books.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on July 05, 2015, 06:22:09 PM
Okay- that's what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation. :) 8)
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Judah-Ben-Hur on September 12, 2015, 11:28:03 AM
Quote from: tomswift2002 on July 04, 2015, 08:30:43 PM
Between 1985 and 2013 no Hardy Boys, Tom Swift or Nancy Drew series (aside from the Grosset & Dunlap books and the various Public Domain Tom Swift's) received hardcover printings.  If the libraries had any hard cover editions, they were rebindings of paperback books.
With the exception of the Book Club specials and the Castle Large Print Hardy Casefiles.


I think they're most likely aimed at Libraries. Paperback books, especially thinner ones are as durable as a tissue box in a torando. Hardcovers make it a bit easier on the library (rebindings aren't cheaper either).
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on September 14, 2015, 12:13:22 AM
Good catch.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on January 07, 2016, 01:10:37 PM
Boy, I was just on Chapters.ca and I noticed that the new releases of the Grosset & Dunlap books are listed at $11.99 and are listed as hard covers, but the hard covers for both the Adventures and Clue Books is $22.99 per book!  Now then that's Canadian, but really, almost $11 more for a dustjacket!!!!   The paperbacks are listed for (the Adventures) $8.99 and (Clue Books) $7.99.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on January 07, 2016, 08:49:23 PM
That is quite a jump indeed! The price is worth it for libraries in the long run though because it will definitely help keep those books alive longer. (Though over time even library-bound books get beat up and destroyed too.)
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on January 13, 2016, 09:39:43 AM
And with the current Adventure series, while I have seen the paperback versions at Walmart, I have not seen the hardcover editions on book shelves.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on January 13, 2016, 01:59:12 PM
That's neat to at least see the paperback ones at Wal-Mart. I wouldn't expect to see the hardcover ones on bookstore shelves though; I think those are almost exclusively marketed and sold to libraries. The best bet is to order those directly from Simon & Schuster and/or Amazon, etc.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: SkyWarp on April 19, 2016, 08:06:05 PM
Just added the latest section to the website:

http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/series/cluebooks.php
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on April 19, 2016, 09:48:57 PM
Nice! :) 8)
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on April 20, 2016, 05:19:46 AM
I just picked up both the paperback and hardcover versions of both books.  There is no space in the book for kids to write down their ideas, instead it is recommended that kids get a piece of paper.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on April 20, 2016, 09:57:15 AM
Hmm.... is that perhaps to discourage kids from writing in books in general? It seems like the kind of book they would include blank pages for that purpose though.... I definitely want to see the hardback version of this book series- this just seems like a weird choice for a hardback version.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on April 20, 2016, 10:09:06 AM
Would I like this series? Or is it more for younger kids?
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on April 20, 2016, 06:13:57 PM
The Clue Books are taking over for the Secret Files.  And already, from what I've read, the first two books sound like they might be recycling plots from the Secret Files, specifically The Missing Playbook (CB #2) vs. The Missing Mitt (SF#2), and both in the series #2 spot.  Plus both #1 books are about video games.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on April 21, 2016, 06:58:31 AM
I think with that kind of series it's hard not to fall into similar themes pretty often.... because of the scope of the series, the mysteries have to be fairly simple and they have to make it appealing to children- so they're using the things they know interest kids. But even so- you hate to have recycled plots all the time.....
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on September 28, 2016, 02:15:32 PM
I finally ran across some of the hardback versions of the Hardy Boys Clue Book series- really interesting to see a series like this in hardback. I mean- it's nice, certainly- but I wouldn't pay $16.99 for it. (Which, if I recall correctly, is the price that was listed for the book!)
       I suppose these hardbacks are aimed at libraries because I don't see any parents paying that for them to get for their kids either.
The interactive part seems to consist of a page right before the last chapter where readers are given questions to help them try to figure out the solution to the mystery themselves before reading what happens- sort of a variation on the Encyclopedia Brown books. However, I thought I had read that there was perhaps an online component as well? Maybe I'm mistaken though. Anyway- the books seem to carry the same storylines from the Secret Files series. I saw that Chet's sister Mimi showed up in one of them, so we're still going with that same continuity.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on April 15, 2017, 03:04:36 PM
I just picked up #5 'Scavenger Hunt Heist'.  Both the paperback and hardcover editions.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on April 17, 2017, 07:51:24 AM
That's cool. I've been wanting to get at least the first book in the series (in paperback) at some point- just to have at least one book of the series.
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: tomswift2002 on April 17, 2017, 06:13:29 PM
It's to bad that with this one no one checked the calendar to see when it was being released, as they could easily have turned it into the Easter Egg Hunt Heist
Title: Re: New HB Series - Clue Books!
Post by: MacGyver on April 18, 2017, 08:46:19 AM
True- that would have been nice. But the publishing dates may have changed- or someone just didn't have the foresight to go in that direction. Happy Easter! He is risen. :) 8)