That wee bit of publishing news

[jhetley]

I mentioned the existence of real, honest, good news on the publishing front a little while back. Minor, but still good. The Nice Agent Lady sent along a sub-rights offer for another French edition of SUMMER COUNTRY, mass-market paperback this time, and says the deal is firm enough to see the light of day.

Not a big whoop, but MONEY FOR THE AUTHOR! none the less. Money I don't even have to work for. And I'd figured that the French edition had sunk without a trace, whereas this implies that they sold at least a couple of copies.

May this be a trend...

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Today French! Tomorrow, Farsi!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Farsi? Considering my Leading Ladies, I rather doubt it...

Speaking of Leading Ladies, I got an email offer from Skye Bank Ghana today. You folks moving into the Spanish Prisoner game to supplement your retirement account?

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Nope. Some other Skye.

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Hmm -- I suppose next we'll be seeing you in a beret and culottes...

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Beret? I'll have to poke around in my old army stuff -- but maybe the kids vanished them. I know Younger Son appropriated the raincoat and overcoat, at least.

Culottes? I rather doubt it.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Congrats! (Hopefully they used someone more competent that Google Language Tools to do the translation. I've used the latter frequently for translating stuff at the Current Paying Gig when the bosses in Paris hadn't given me French text; generally, they end up rather amused when they see the results. Then they provide real translations.)

Is this for metropolitan France, or pour les Quebecois?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

France French, Paris even.

I am assuming (and we all know the derivation of _that_ word...) they will use the same translation as the trade paperback edition, already in print. While I do not read French, Wife and Wife's Sister waded through that one, dictionaries in hands, and said they (two translators, don't ask me why) did a decent job, even with the idioms and profanity.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

Woot to the Almighty Hetley!