Tie-in

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A tie-in is a fictional or other product - such as a film, television series, game, or literary work - that is based on another media work, such as a film, television series, game, or literary work, and by the rights holder this work is licensed . A tie-in work, for example, adapts a cinematic work to a novel version or, alternatively, tells a new story within the fictional world of the original work.

One type of tie-in is the film tie-in , which is described in the Duden as a "book on which the film is based or based on the script". The film tie-ins include in particular novels and comics, for example from franchises such as Star Trek or Star Wars . The Star Wars novels are one of the longest running and most successful tie-in series; more than 125 million copies of novels from this series have been printed. Tie-in novels are also considered a genre or subgenre in their own right , at least in the United States .

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is an organization that includes more than 250 tie-in writers, that is, writers of tie-in novels, short stories, or comics. It awards the so-called Scribe Awards , prizes with which outstanding achievements by tie-in authors are honored.

See also

literature

  • Philip Athans: The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction , Adams Media (Simon & Schuster), Avon 2010, ISBN 9781440501456
  • Lee Goldberg (Ed.): Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing , The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, Calabasas 2010, ISBN 978-1453716106
  • Colin B. Harvey: Transmedia storytelling and audience: memory and market , in: Gillian Youngs (Ed.): Digital World: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights , Routledge, Abington 2013, ISBN 978-0415839082 , pp. 115 ff.

Web links

  • IAMTW.org - Homepage of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Entry Film-Tie-in , Duden online, accessed on December 26, 2016
  2. ↑ Alexandra Alter: Popular TV Series and Movies Maintain Relevance as Novels , in: New York Times, January 4, 2015, accessed on Dec. 26, 2016