Years ago, I wrote for a print publisher that I had sold two books to, but they did away with their Young Adult line before the books were released. But one of the authors who wrote for them was getting reprints. And we were all in awe. Mainly because most authors weren't selling out of their first edition prints. There was no likelihood their books would have a reprint. And they wondered what they were doing wrong?
I soon learned that if you have a million copies of your book printed and sell 50%, that's not as good as selling 80% of 20,000. Why? With a million copies sold at 50%, you sold 500,000 copies. With the other, only 16,000. But yes, with the 2nd equation, the sell-through is much better and the company only got stuck with 4,000 books they couldn't sell, rather than 500,000 copies. Bad for business.
When I first started in the book writing business, I didn't know any of this. I just thought books were printed, they sold, the author wrote a ton more, and they kept selling. :)
And years later, the publisher might even reissue them with new covers confusing fans who thought it was a new book and halfway through says to herself or himself, I've read this book! Years ago! :)
But I just got an email from my editor at Sourcebooks saying that both Heart of the Wolf (Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year) and Destiny of the Wolf (PNR Top Pick) have been reprinted and the new copies are at the warehouse, just in time for To Tempt the Wolf (NOR Reviewers Top Pick) to come out, September 1!!!
The books have been selling all over the world--Canada, UK, France, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. Probably other countries but I don't have statistics on them as far as where they've sold. I do have on Amazon sales for the other countries, or library sales for New Zealand and Australia. So it's exciting to see that the books have gone international!
Even The Vampire...In My Dreams has found its way into homes in the UK!! :) And so has Winning the Highlander's Heart! And now the sequel, The Accidental Highland Hero, will be coming out in March 2010, also!
After I finish the next two wolf books, I want to set the next one in a Scottish castle since many
of my ancestors came from Scotland and Highlanders are hot!!! Which means I'll have to stay at one for research purposes, right? Yep, that's what I want to do!!!
of my ancestors came from Scotland and Highlanders are hot!!! Which means I'll have to stay at one for research purposes, right? Yep, that's what I want to do!!!If you had the money where you could travel anywhere in the world and set your next book there, where would you go??
Terry
4 comments:
Congrats on the reprints, Terry! If I could go anywhere, it would be to the Greek Isles. Maybe someday!
Thanks, Natasha! You would love the Greek Isles. But if you go in spring, be sure and take something warm. Everyone, even some folks from Michigan, were buying warm coats while we were there. LOL
Terry, Congratulations on the reprints and upcoming releases!! Super!! If I could go anywhere in the world... well, you know the answer! I'd go to Scotland again, too. Except I'd stay much longer this time! I'd need lots of coats also, even in summer. :) We'll have to go together next time around!!
Thanks so much, Nicole! Yeah, we could go together. Wanna stay in a castle???
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