Editing Ian Fleming Publications (section)

==Publication history==
After [[Ian Fleming]]'s death in 1964, the estate either commissioned or permitted new [[James Bond]] works to be published. In 1968, [[Kingsley Amis]] published ''[[Colonel Sun]]'', under the pseudonym "[[Robert Markham]]". The company changed its name from Glidrose Productions to Glidrose Publications. In 1973, Glidrose sanctioned ''[[James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007]]'' by [[John Pearson (author)|John Pearson]]. In 1977 and again in 1979, [[Eon Productions]] authorized [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]] to write novelisations of his scripts for the Bond films ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'', which were released as ''[[James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[James Bond and Moonraker]]''.

In 1981 the James Bond book series was revived, with new novels written by [[John Gardner (British writer)|John Gardner]]. After writing 14 Bond books, John Gardner retired in 1996, and [[Raymond Benson]], controversially at first, the first American to write a James Bond novel, replaced him. It was during Benson's six-book run that the company owning the rights to the Bond characters changed names from Glidrose Publications to Ian Fleming Publications; the publisher's new name appeared first in the 1999 book ''[[High Time to Kill]]''. Benson stopped writing Bond books in 2002. On what would have been Fleming's 100th birthday—28 May 2008—the novel ''[[Devil May Care (Faulks novel)|Devil May Care]]'', appeared. Its author, [[Sebastian Faulks]], was true to [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]'s original character and background and provided 'a Flemingesque hero'<ref name ="Dugdale 2011">{{cite news|last=Dugdale|first=John|title=Spy another day|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=29 May 2011|page=40}}</ref> who drove a battleship grey 1967 [[Bentley T-series|T-series Bentley]].<ref name="Kylie (2007)">{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Kylie|title=A Bond with the devil|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 November 2007|page=8}}</ref> Next, Ian Fleming Publications commissioned [[Jeffery Deaver]] to write [[Carte Blanche (novel)|''Carte Blanche'']], which was published in May 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Bond book called Carte Blanche|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12204547|access-date=25 December 2011|publisher=BBC News|date=17 January 2011}}</ref> In April 2012, the company announced that [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]] would write the next Bond novel and [[Jonathan Cape]] in the UK and [[HarperCollins]] in Canada and the US published ''[[Solo (Boyd novel)|Solo]]'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=William Boyd takes James Bond back to 1960s in new 007 novel|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17677611|access-date=13 April 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=12 April 2012|location=London}}</ref> [[Anthony Horowitz]]'s ''[[Trigger Mortis]]'' appeared in September 2015.

Between 2005 and 2008, Ian Fleming Publications has supported the publication of [[Charlie Higson]]'s five ''[[Young Bond]]'' novels telling the adventures of a teenage James Bond in the 1930s. In 2005 the company launched another series of Bond-related [[Spin-off product|spin-off]] books, ''[[The Moneypenny Diaries]]'' by [[Samantha Weinberg]], writing as "Kate Westbrook". ''Young Bond'' returned in 2013 with ''[[Shoot to Kill (Cole novel)|Shoot to Kill]]'' by [[Steve Cole]].

In a controversial move in 2023, the James Bond novels were rewritten to remove references deemed offensive following a sensitivity review commissioned by the company. Some depictions of [[Black people]] were removed, while a reference to the "sweet tang of rape," a description of [[homosexuality]] as a "[[disability]]," and mockery of [[East Asian people]] were allowed to remain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atkinson |first=Emily |date=2023-02-26 |title=James Bond books rewritten to remove 'offensive' references |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/james-bond-ian-fleming-books-rewritten-b2289747.html |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>