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lagilmanIt's not all doom and gloom on the financial front: CURSE THE DARK (book 2) and BRING IT ON (book 3) are [finally!] being reissued as $6.99 paperbacks! Yes, I can say this with assurance because I have on my desk the solicitation covers for both books.
Numfar! Do the Dance of Mass Market Joy!
Alas, it is delayed joy, because they will not be in your hot and needy (and fiscally prudent) hands until March 2009. But you will be able to pre-order them! When? Soon! I promise. In the meanwhile, though, if you like having all your books in one format, I'd avise ordering the trade editions before they go out of print...
Meanwhile over on Smart Bitches, they point out that the male model for "Dreamcatcher" was recycled from another earlier (print) book. Before anyone faints away in horror, let me assure you that this is not uncommon in series* books (if you look at a lot of media tie-ins, you may notice that the actor/actress is simple redressed and placed in a different backdrop, courtesy of Photoshop, not that I'm naming any *coughMurderSheWrotecough* names). There's only so much budget, and model fees are expensive, while stock art is cheaper. Same goes for anthologies or backlist reissues. Plus, in my case, "Dreamcatcher" is an e-book only so the cover is really a moot point -- why hit the budget for that?
For the record, I am amused rather than po'd, and have tweaked my editor on the topic already (it's an art department/publisher thing, so all editors can do, realistically, is lodge a protest and say "toljaso" when they get busted).
That said, there's been a run of the same thing on higher-profile books, especially in the chick-lit and literary end, and apparently people are less amused by that. I understand -- I'd be seriously pissed if this happened with Luna, or Pocket. Individual titles have different expectations from series, and nobody wants to discover that their highly anticipated novel got someone else's redressed hand-me-downs....
* 'series' does not mean "related books by one author" but "books published as part of a series imprint, i.e. Nocturne." Confusing, I know.
Numfar! Do the Dance of Mass Market Joy!
Alas, it is delayed joy, because they will not be in your hot and needy (and fiscally prudent) hands until March 2009. But you will be able to pre-order them! When? Soon! I promise. In the meanwhile, though, if you like having all your books in one format, I'd avise ordering the trade editions before they go out of print...
Meanwhile over on Smart Bitches, they point out that the male model for "Dreamcatcher" was recycled from another earlier (print) book. Before anyone faints away in horror, let me assure you that this is not uncommon in series* books (if you look at a lot of media tie-ins, you may notice that the actor/actress is simple redressed and placed in a different backdrop, courtesy of Photoshop, not that I'm naming any *coughMurderSheWrotecough* names). There's only so much budget, and model fees are expensive, while stock art is cheaper. Same goes for anthologies or backlist reissues. Plus, in my case, "Dreamcatcher" is an e-book only so the cover is really a moot point -- why hit the budget for that?
For the record, I am amused rather than po'd, and have tweaked my editor on the topic already (it's an art department/publisher thing, so all editors can do, realistically, is lodge a protest and say "toljaso" when they get busted).
That said, there's been a run of the same thing on higher-profile books, especially in the chick-lit and literary end, and apparently people are less amused by that. I understand -- I'd be seriously pissed if this happened with Luna, or Pocket. Individual titles have different expectations from series, and nobody wants to discover that their highly anticipated novel got someone else's redressed hand-me-downs....
* 'series' does not mean "related books by one author" but "books published as part of a series imprint, i.e. Nocturne." Confusing, I know.
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Date: 2008-09-16 02:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-16 02:45 pm (UTC)(most people are delighted to be put into hardcover. I root for mass market. Obviously, I am twisted in some strange way...)
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Date: 2008-09-16 02:51 pm (UTC)i don't mind the odd hardcover, but i read in the tub, in bed, on the bus, whereever i can. and 90% of the time lugging around a hardcover just isn't practical, so to speak hehe. much easier to tuck a paperback in your purse or have stacked by the tub.
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Date: 2008-09-16 03:46 pm (UTC)Does it annoy the life out of you, as it does me, when an author becomes successful mid-series and so the publisher starts releasing that series in hardback--beginning with book 5, which you've already been waiting a year or so to lay your hands on and you don't want to mess up your collection by changing formats mid-way so you have to wait longer but you really do like the author a lot and would like to support them by buying the super shiny big book? Or is that just the strange way in which I am twisted?
In other news, I'm ashamed to admit I had to look up "toljaso". You kids these days with your wacky slang! Get off my yard! (And why does every generation need to reassign a new word to mean exactly the same thing as "cool"?)
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Date: 2008-09-16 04:39 pm (UTC)and "toljaso" has been in suri's lexicon for, oh, nigh on three decades now, so catch up!. (seriously. It's as simple as "I told you so" only said at suri-speed. Get with the program).
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Date: 2008-09-16 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-16 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-16 08:38 pm (UTC)Sometimes you have to take what you can get.
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Date: 2008-09-16 02:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-16 03:53 pm (UTC)When Ace published my Outremer series in the States, they used the UK covers but split three books into six. And so, of course, needed three more covers. And rather than commission new work, they revisited three old John Howe covers they'd used on other books, blew up background details and ran with those. John was, shall we say less than amused...?
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Date: 2008-09-16 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-16 05:11 pm (UTC)However, I know myself well. If I start reading "Staying Dead" before next year (which I highly suspect will happen) there's no way I'm going to want to wait that long for the Mass Market copies. So I imagine I'll end up with copies of both releases.
Somehow I imagine you and your publisher won't mind that at all. :-)
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Date: 2008-09-17 12:13 am (UTC)Mass Markets
Date: 2008-09-18 03:51 am (UTC)Zipping through --
Date: 2008-10-26 05:30 am (UTC)We should all get sexy men on our covers. We'd be happier that way.