Editing Gamebook (section)

====The US (late 1970s–)====
''The Adventures of You'', a two-book series, authored by [[Edward Packard (writer)|Edward Packard]] and [[R.A. Montgomery]] and initially published by Vermont Crossroads Press, laid much of the groundwork for the later surge in popularity of the gamebook format<ref>https://gamebooks.org/Series/28/Show</ref><ref>http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2022/03/retrospective-sugarcane-island.html</ref><ref>http://edwardpackard.com/cyoa/</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2025}}. ''Sugarcane Island'' by Edward Packard was written in 1969 but did not see publication until 1976. This became a series when ''Journey Under the Sea'' by R. A. Montgomery was published in 1977. Two standalone gamebooks authored by Packard would follow, both published by Lippincott: ''Deadwood City'' (1978) and ''The Third Planet from Altair'' (1979). While these early efforts apparently achieved some popularity with readers, they (and the gamebook format in general) still did not have a publisher with the marketing strength required to make them available to mass audiences.

Packard and Montgomery took the idea of publishing interactive books to [[Bantam Books|Bantam]], and thus the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' (CYOA) series was born in 1979, beginning with ''The Cave of Time''. The series became immensely popular worldwide and several titles were translated into more than 25 languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=30 |title=Choose Your Own Adventure |publisher=Gamebooks.org |date=2004-06-09 |access-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129070809/http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=30 |archive-date=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series reached the peak of its popularity with children in the 1980s. It was during this period that Bantam released several other interactive series to capitalize on the popularity of the medium (a few examples are: ''Choose your Own Adventure for Younger Readers'', ''[[Time Machine (novel series)|Time Machine]]'' and ''[[Be An Interplanetary Spy]]''). Many other American publishers released their own series to compete with CYOA.

One of the most popular competitors seems to have been [[TSR (company)|TSR]], who released several branching-path novels based on their own role-playing games. The most famous TSR series was ''[[Endless Quest]]'' (1982–). Another strong competitor was [[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] with their ''[[Find Your Fate]]'' series, which featured adventures in the [[Indiana Jones]], [[James Bond]] and [[Doctor Who]] universes. Famous author [[R. L. Stine]] wrote several books for this line, including ''The Badlands of Hark'', as well as for other series such as Wizards, Warriors and You. Several ''Choose your Own Adventure'' spin-offs and many competing series were translated into other languages.