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by selfridge
December 4th, 2010, 12:16 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Thanks so much Margo and Sommer! You are right in saying that while it's great to get published it doesn't mean that everything runs smoothly from then on or that you no longer have concerns and problems. Thank goodness my UK publisher has been more supportive than the US one. It is surely the UK pu...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 6:45 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Yeah it's really weird. They're not exactly "dumping" it I suppose but they are not bringing out a paperback edition. They are selling off the remaining hardcover copies they have and it is available as an ebook as well. They did say that given all the good reviews it got they had expecte...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 6:43 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Surely the size of the author advance would determine how many copies needed to be sold to break even though? Foreign rights aren't typically sold based on royalty advances. And disproportionate advances are uncommon and vigorously avoided. Advances for first time published authors are becoming if ...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 6:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Last week I was told that my book has "only" sold 3500 copies in hardcover so far in the US. 78% of the books sold, in an industry where 50% returns are common? And they want to dump it? That doesn't sound right. I'm leaning toward polymath's thoughts on niche. Yeah it's really weird. The...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 6:09 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Yours didn't so far underperform or generate great buzz. At 3,500 copies It's about a wash in terms of profits and losses for the domestic publisher, but probably accounted on the books as a loss for bean counter purposes. 7,000 copies is a best practice business model break point for profitability...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 5:13 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Thank you very much for your reply Polymath How well is the title performing in the U.K.? A big advertising push doesn't guarantee sales anywhere. It hasn't had any advertising whatsoever in the US or in the UK. It has had lots of press coverage in the UK - TV appearances, radio interviews, intervie...
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 4:42 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

Re: The Misery of Being Published....

Thanks for your kind reply Fenris!
by selfridge
December 2nd, 2010, 4:16 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Misery of Being Published....
Replies: 25
Views: 7944

The Misery of Being Published....

My first book, a work of non-fiction, was published in in Sept. It was published in hardcover in both the US and the UK. The book was bought at 4-way auction by a large UK publishing house. The deal they put on the table included US rights going to their American branch. The UK publisher have had a ...