Three novelizations have been released by Hyperion Books, a publisher owned by Disney, ABC's parent company.

Bowker-Saur was a publisher and former operating company owned by Reed Elsevier plc.

Greedy authors, greedy agents, brainless book chains with their Vivaldi-riddled espresso bars, publishers owned by metallurgy conglomerates operated by glacially cold bean counters in Geneva.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an academic and professional medical publisher owned by Wolters Kluwer.

All are produced by publishers TSL, owned by private equity group Charterhouse.

Wiley-VCH is a German publisher owned by John Wiley & Sons.

Charlton Media Group (CMG) is a Montreal-based publisher owned and operated by Canadian entrepreneur Roger Broughton.

American publishers like Bantam, owned by a West German company, have flown in contingents from their Australian and English divisions.

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson PLC.

The third sponsor is Nelson Thornes, a UK-based educational publisher owned by Wolters Kluwer.