Hunger Games Movie Tie-In Books

It's pretty standard for publishers to try to capitalize as much as possible by selling products based off movies based on their books.

Well, the wildly popular Hunger Games series (and its movie counterpart) is no exception. In addition to the standard copies of the three books in the series (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay), Scholastic released The Hunger Games Collector's Edition, a special version of the first book, complete with a foil slipcase, all-new Mockingjay artwork, a cloth cover, foil stamping, and deckled edges. The special edition retails at $30 ($18.30 on B&N.com and $17.43 on Amazon) and it's being billed as the "perfect holiday gift this year for teens and adults."

One interesting thing that I noticed while looking at the trilogy on Amazon and B&N, was that while the second and third books were released in September 2009 and August 2010 respectively, neither has been re-released as a paperback. And, since they are both hardcover, that means they retail at $17.99, but sell online at $9.99 (ebook price is $7 and change). But, despite this fact, there are more than eight million copies of the two books in print in the U.S. to date.

But, back to the movie tie-in books...

Scholastic is releasing The Hunger Games: Move Tie-In Edition, The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion, and The Hunger Games Tribute Guide on February 7, 2012. Then, on March 23, The World of The Hunger Games, will be released to coincide with the opening of The Hunger Games film.

That's a lot of Hunger Games.