Third volume of Murakami's '1Q84' on way

Shinchosha Publishing Co. put up posters Monday in 25 stations in the greater Tokyo area advertising a third volume in Haruki Murakami's best-selling novel "1Q84."

Q-tip: An advertisement in Tokyo Station on Monday indicates that another volume of Haruki Murakami's best-selling novel "1Q84" will be coming out. KYODO PHOTO

Murakami is currently working on the story, aiming for a release next summer, sources said. Sales of the first and second volumes, which hit the market in late May, have sold more than 2.2 million copies in all.

The ads, posted in stations including Tokyo and Yokohama, say, "We will continue receiving invaluable things from the story."

It shows three Qs — a blue Q to go with the yellowish green one on the cover of the first volume and the orange one on the second. Shinchosha said it will leave it up to the readers to imagine what the ad means.