Acquisition time? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:42:45Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/acquisition-time?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A219373&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks, Robin. Mingbooks have…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-18:537324:Comment:2201652009-11-18T14:54:18.376ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Thanks, Robin. Mingbooks have been very responsive to me in the past. Sorry about this business with Penguin giving up on the Akitada series, Robin, but we'll surely find another publisher. My books are beginning to catch on in the UK finally, and I'm trying very hard to get my agent to contact British publishers also.
Thanks, Robin. Mingbooks have been very responsive to me in the past. Sorry about this business with Penguin giving up on the Akitada series, Robin, but we'll surely find another publisher. My books are beginning to catch on in the UK finally, and I'm trying very hard to get my agent to contact British publishers also. As A BOOK DEALER I have found…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-18:537324:Comment:2201412009-11-18T05:04:54.796ZRobin Richmondhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RobinRichmond
As A BOOK DEALER I have found publishers unhelpful.They do not wish to sell books. I find the American publishers better than British publishers.Authors I can sell are often frozen out as they do not sell enough but they do not sell because no one knows about the book.Any author who would like publicity especially in UK please make contact mingbooks@yahoo.com
As A BOOK DEALER I have found publishers unhelpful.They do not wish to sell books. I find the American publishers better than British publishers.Authors I can sell are often frozen out as they do not sell enough but they do not sell because no one knows about the book.Any author who would like publicity especially in UK please make contact mingbooks@yahoo.com Aha! Thanks, and very good lu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-15:537324:Comment:2198162009-11-15T14:34:17.726ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Aha! Thanks, and very good luck to you!
Aha! Thanks, and very good luck to you! My agent just told me she's w…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-15:537324:Comment:2197692009-11-15T02:05:15.222ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
My agent just told me she's waiting until January to submit my manuscript. :)
My agent just told me she's waiting until January to submit my manuscript. :) Thanks, Anne. You may be righ…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-12:537324:Comment:2196082009-11-12T21:49:34.818ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Thanks, Anne. You may be right.
Thanks, Anne. You may be right. I think it depends on the age…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-12:537324:Comment:2196042009-11-12T21:46:45.696ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
I think it depends on the agent. One agent told me he doesn't submit Nov, Dec, Jan. Another agent told me she submits throughout those months.
I think it depends on the agent. One agent told me he doesn't submit Nov, Dec, Jan. Another agent told me she submits throughout those months. Thanks, all. You've been very…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-11:537324:Comment:2194612009-11-11T14:52:02.179ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Thanks, all. You've been very kind. I think we have exhausted the big houses in the past. These days, they'll certainly not want to touch the series. My agent is one of the best agents in NYC. She doesn't normally deal with smaller houses, I think. And that is where we need to go, here and in the UK, and we also need to accept smaller advances.<br />
I'm just trying to keep the series alive, partially for all the people who write me, and partially because the character is too much alive for me.<br />
I'll…
Thanks, all. You've been very kind. I think we have exhausted the big houses in the past. These days, they'll certainly not want to touch the series. My agent is one of the best agents in NYC. She doesn't normally deal with smaller houses, I think. And that is where we need to go, here and in the UK, and we also need to accept smaller advances.<br />
I'm just trying to keep the series alive, partially for all the people who write me, and partially because the character is too much alive for me.<br />
I'll wait till spring to see what happens to the series. Meanwhile, I'll try to put out some electronic versions of a couple of other novels and the short story collection. I agree with Benjamin,
I tal…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-11:537324:Comment:2194392009-11-11T06:27:11.871ZBobhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Bob24
I agree with Benjamin,<br />
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I talked to a couple traditional small press (not POD or Vanity or Ebook) editors I know. They take submissions all year. The exceptions being time off at the holidays, summer vaction (when they bring them on the Kindle but don't get to the same number), conferences and speaking engagements. But they make up for lost time before and after scheduled absences.<br />
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Of course, if they have a big new release their priority is to that release, but again, they plan around that…
I agree with Benjamin,<br />
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I talked to a couple traditional small press (not POD or Vanity or Ebook) editors I know. They take submissions all year. The exceptions being time off at the holidays, summer vaction (when they bring them on the Kindle but don't get to the same number), conferences and speaking engagements. But they make up for lost time before and after scheduled absences.<br />
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Of course, if they have a big new release their priority is to that release, but again, they plan around that event.<br />
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Smiles<br />
Bob Maybe your agent is talking a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-11:537324:Comment:2194322009-11-11T04:12:32.782ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
Maybe your agent is talking about the houses he/she has a working relationship. If this is the case, I'd say it's a smart use of time. I wouldn't want my agent (if I had one) to blow time cold calling unfamiliar houses.<br />
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Spend time with regard to quality, not quantity. That's some of the best advice I ever received.<br />
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Either way, I hope this plays out to your advantage.
Maybe your agent is talking about the houses he/she has a working relationship. If this is the case, I'd say it's a smart use of time. I wouldn't want my agent (if I had one) to blow time cold calling unfamiliar houses.<br />
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Spend time with regard to quality, not quantity. That's some of the best advice I ever received.<br />
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Either way, I hope this plays out to your advantage. Dave, we have to continue to…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-10:537324:Comment:2193732009-11-10T22:24:49.343ZNeil Nyrenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NeilNyren
Dave, we have to continue to take risks, and we do (I just bought a first novel the other week that I'm particularly excited about, as a matter of fact). But we're taking second and third looks at manuscripts to make sure we know what we're doing first. Of course, if you had asked me the same question five years ago, I'd have told you the same thing!<br />
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As for ebooks, they're still a very tiny part of our income, but they'll grow. The people who design and produce e-readers now have enough…
Dave, we have to continue to take risks, and we do (I just bought a first novel the other week that I'm particularly excited about, as a matter of fact). But we're taking second and third looks at manuscripts to make sure we know what we're doing first. Of course, if you had asked me the same question five years ago, I'd have told you the same thing!<br />
<br />
As for ebooks, they're still a very tiny part of our income, but they'll grow. The people who design and produce e-readers now have enough incentive to keep putting money into R&D, and eventually they're going to become good enough and cheap enough so that ebooks will become much more widespread -- and at that point they'll become one more good way for people to read a book. They won't replace the paper books; they'll exist alongside them, the way audio books do now. Anything that helps get people reading -- I'm all for it.