Forward Fiction is a Nashville-based book publishing and marketing firm that specializes in developing novels from existing intellectual properties, including video games, films, and television shows.
Where We’re From…
Forward Fiction is an offshoot of Uproar Books, LLC, an independent publisher of award-winning speculative fiction novels. We’re the team behind Uproar’s most successful original properties, including Asperfell by Jamie Thomas, the Forbidden Minds series by Armond Boudreaux, Foretold by Violet Lumani, and more.
Where We’re Going…
We’re partnering with IP owners of all shapes and sizes to bring their existing characters to a new medium—the printed page.
Hollywood has been producing novelizations of blockbuster movies for decades, back to Star Wars and long before. Fans want and expect them, eagerly handing over money for these new adventures with familiar heroes. And it’s not just about the revenue. Books keep movie-goers actively engaged and excited between sequels, drawing them more deeply into the fandom.
In recent years, video game developers like Blizzard and Ubisoft have also been filling bookstore shelves with adaptations and expansions of their most popular titles. These books are more than just another merchandising opportunity. Done right, they genuinely enrich the characters, stories, and worlds of the games—creating a deeper emotional connection to the property, increasing replayability, and driving excitement for the next title in the series.
Today’s fans are constantly looking for new ways to explore and engage with their favorite franchises. Nothing else can even come close to books for providing them with high-quality, in-depth content that fuels conversations and excitement.
That’s why we created Forward Fiction—to provide independent film, TV, and game studios with an experienced partner who understands how to expand their universes into print and digital books in the right way to accomplish these three goals:
- Create a new revenue stream from an existing property
- Expand your marketing reach to readers who already love your genre
- Maintain and grow your audiences for years to come.
Want to know how we do it? Take a look at our step-by-step process:
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