Feedback of note is as follows (apologies if you've heard some of it before):

NDA/TDA authors have to be people the production team is comfortable with, and reasons given for "not opening up to other authors" were: S1 = protection of new series spoilers, S2 = protection of new Doctor spoilers, S3 = protection of new companion spoilers. These decisions are made on a season-by-season basis, and Justin hopes the process will be able to change under Random House.

Random House do seem intent on continuing to publish TDAs, and JR is attempting to push through another 3 commissions prior to handing over to Random House just in case there's a delay in them setting up their own commissioning. JR is awaiting news of whether he will be kept or replaced as editor by Random House.

Part of the problem is that the BBC Books imprint will be managed by The Ebury Press (a British division of Random House), who specialise in factual books rather than fiction. The Doctor Who books will therefore be a unique element of the BBC Books imprint moving forwards, and therefore requires some internal managerial decisions.

According to Justin, BBC Books know what they want to do with the PDAs, but the problem right now if finding someone able to take a decision (I took this to mean that until Random House take the reins, the position will be unchanged). There will "almost certainly" be adult-focused Torchwood books, not edited by Justin.

Book stats. BBC Books averaged 4000 units per book, and the reason for rescheduling was that warehouses got too full to store new publications. Surplus stocks of books were sent to orphanages Eastern Europe, where they improved the efficiency of heating systems.

The new books sell 10 times the amount the new books sold, and The Stone Rose is proving to be the most popular title since the series finale (it sells 1000 copies-per-week more than Resurrection Casket or Feast of the Drowned). This is believed to be because it has the

word "Rose" in the title.

Justin also outlined his current projects, which include a teen novel co-written with Jack Higgins, a S3 version of Monsters and Allies/Aliens and Enemies, a new children's book series similar to The Invisible Detective, and a possible sequel to his just-published novel The Death Collector.

He also talked about the impact kids books have had on "de-genre-izing" fantasy-action-adventures. Post-Harry Potter, kids books written by adults are called "crossover fiction", allowing SF and fantasy stories to break out of shelf-stereotyping. Interestingly, Doctor Who books are considered to be "reverse crossover" books - meaning adult books read by children, which surprised me (However, Penguin have the "childrens books" licence, so differentiation is probably necessary).

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