tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post6649081162723911300..comments2023-05-24T11:41:14.767+02:00Comments on Tsana's Reads and Reviews: Strange Chemistry goneTsana Dolichvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16213478548320312760noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post-85428834987749440972014-06-23T09:36:52.795+02:002014-06-23T09:36:52.795+02:00Yeah, definitely. I think the authors who were par...Yeah, definitely. I think the authors who were part-way through a series are in the worst position regarding rights. At least those whose first SC book was pulled are able to start looking for somewhere else straight away. :-/Tsana Dolichvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213478548320312760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post-72669464796558564722014-06-23T04:30:24.326+02:002014-06-23T04:30:24.326+02:00That's a real shame, and how devastating for t...That's a real shame, and how devastating for the writers - to come so close and have your book pulled. No doubt there are tricky contractual issues as well which might delay their publication elsewhere.Annabel Smithhttp://annabelsmith.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post-28996178998697864712014-06-22T03:03:33.133+02:002014-06-22T03:03:33.133+02:00I'm also thinking of Felicity Pulman, whose si...I'm also thinking of Felicity Pulman, whose six-novel Janna mysteries series was cut off after four. She ended up self publishing the last two - I bought them for my library because one f our students was reading and loving them. That was Random House, I think. She's a well known writer and the books were released overseas, so what was going on here? Yes, a shame about the loss of cover art. I assume the artists were paid, so for them just a nuisance. If it was stock art, perhaps anyone left out in the cold can suggest it to their new publisher, if/when they get one.<br /><br />I feel for them, though. I was the victim of a woman who had left her major education publisher to start up her own small press, then, after making us all write very specific books for a specific market, couldn't pay for it. She shouldn't have started what she wasn't positive she coud finish - and unlike the authors fom SC, I really have nowhere else to sell my manuscript; education publishers have very specific requirements. You can't just rejig it a bit.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post-30770741234733426462014-06-21T18:20:24.860+02:002014-06-21T18:20:24.860+02:00I thought the problem with Jo's series (and ot...I thought the problem with Jo's series (and others I've heard of) was that they gave a two book deal for a trilogy with an option for the third and then didn't take up the option? Maybe that was just the other author I heard about. In any case, it seems like it was the parent company's move (Osprey's). The second and third links I included above make me a little concerned for AR in general, despite what the announcement says. There's also talk that they're looking to sell the whole SC list which... I'm not sure if that would be good or bad.<br /><br />Regarding loosing money, I have since heard that the last SC book published ended up being ebook only which I suppose implies that none of the upcoming books actually got printed. Looking through my reviewer promotional emails from them, the last few ending in late May and promoting books that are now not to be, didn't mention print copies (where earlier emails did) but there were still covers and book trailers which will be a loss. (And a loss to authors who now presumably can't have that nice cover art that matches the rest of the series :-/ )Tsana Dolichvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213478548320312760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513842191754079613.post-6057203339096883092014-06-21T12:17:43.910+02:002014-06-21T12:17:43.910+02:00Dreadful! Hard on everyone affected. They won'...Dreadful! Hard on everyone affected. They won't be the first publisher to do this sort of thing. It isn't even the first time Angry Robot has scrapped planned books. Joanne Anderton's, for example, which has fortunately found a home with Fablecroft. But a book that was due out in August? Surely they have already spent money on it that would make it stupid to scrap it! <br />Bigger publishers have done equally weird things. If my novel hadn't already been just about to come out when my publisher kicked out the head of the Woolshed imprint, perhaps Wolfborn would have been in the same position as the ones you mention. Sigh! I'd hoped to submit something to Strange Chemistry eventually. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com