Kaza herself announced on the Erec Rex forums that Erec Rex has been bought by Simon and Schuster, the publisher for The Spiderwick Chronicles. They have decided to rerelease the books by end of March early April. They have also decided to change the covers, which pushes the Book Three release off until late summer. They have decided that they will also change the cover art for ‘The Search for Truth’, which is not yet available to the public, this is Kaza’s full post :

I have some BIG news! I want to announce this first here, on my forum, where I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know some of my best fans. As you probably saw on the home page of ErecRex.com, in the Archives of Alithea News, Erec Rex was recently bought out by Simon and Schuster. This is really great news, but it does change the schedule of how things are happening with the Book Three release. BUT before I tell more, I will say that I’ve been brainstorming what to do about that, and I have some really exciting ideas! Okay, the great thing about Simon and Schuster taking over the series is that they are really BIG and they will do a great job of spreading the word about Erec Rex far and wide. And, as far as movie deals – this ended up changing my movie agent, and I’m now with the group who did the Spiderwick Movie deal. So it’s looking better and better! The only thing is that Simon and Schuster is going to put out Books One and Two again at the end of March or early April in paperback, which pushes the Book Three release off until late summer. The look of the books will be different, but still have the same basic art. Here are previews: http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Eye-Erec- … 55&s=books http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Othernes … 80&sr=11-1 I want to emphasize that putting off the release of Book Three, The Search for Truth, was not my choice, and there is nothing I can do about it. Believe me, it’s as hard for me as for anyone – it’s been finished for quite a while and I can’t wait for it to be out! I’m hard at work on Book Four now! BUT there is a good side – it allows that much more time for more people to catch onto the series. I hope that by the time Book Three is out the series will be even bigger. BUT I had to do something for you, my incredible fans, that have been waiting eagerly for Book Three. I’m going to put a series of contests up on this forum site that will let people win signed copies of the first two books, other signed items, and …. yes, early copies of Book Three! I like to think of this as Erec’s contests in Book One, but hopefully much less dangerous. :} Anyway, keep an eye out for contests to start SOON! I’m really excited about it. I’ll be posting this on my blog page soon, and other places. But you heard it here first! There is a countdown timer going for Book Three on the fan pages. And I promise that Book Three will be worth the wait! Love y’all, Kaza

::UPDATE::

The new cover art for Search for Truth has been released!! Check it out: