Theo, the idea was that there might be a desire for someone else to buy it, in which case, the POD thing would be a legal issue.
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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deborah grabien - Nov 12, 2003 2:19:04 pm PST #2681 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Theodosia - Nov 12, 2003 2:25:08 pm PST #2682 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That's the kind of thing that you could ask your agent about -- in some ways, an active POD for a book proves to a publisher that the rights are desirable, you can point to a measurable interest in a book. Plus, why would POD degrade the desirability of your copyright? You're issuing completely legal and legit copies of the book so long as you have the rights reverted to you, and if you then decide to lease them to a new publisher, it's much the same as if they adopted the book from another publisher -- it's not First World Rights or anything with "first" in the name, anyway.
deborah grabien - Nov 12, 2003 2:32:51 pm PST #2683 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
True - something to discuss with Jenn, and see what she thinks.
askye's here!
Beverly - Nov 12, 2003 8:05:47 pm PST #2684 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Deb, any nibbles on Still Life?
deborah grabien - Nov 12, 2003 9:40:12 pm PST #2685 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Linda Marrow still has it. That's all I know. It hasn't been at the top of my conscious mind for the past couple of weeks....
deborah grabien - Nov 13, 2003 11:45:07 am PST #2686 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Man, this is a weird little thing I've got going here.
Famous Flower is scheduled (at the moment) to be released in October 2004. It's been on Ruth's desk since April. A year ahead of schedule.
Matty Groves is (at the moment) scheduled to be released in October 2005.
I just passed 58,000 words. This sucker is likely to be done by Christmas.
So, figuring beta reads and edits and back and forths before my publisher ever sees it, it should still be totally ready for submission by, say, 1 March 2004. Nearly 18 months ahead of schedule.
Which may make my editor completely nuts. I wonder if the move isn't going to be "Hi! Matty Groves is done! Just letting you there's a completed manuscript awaiting you whenever you want it...."
Any minute, I expect them to start making up deadlines, just to see if they can throw me a curve.
erikaj - Nov 13, 2003 11:48:33 am PST #2687 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
your productivity is inspiring, Deb.(and I don't mean that in that hokey way.)
deborah grabien - Nov 13, 2003 11:52:03 am PST #2688 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, thing is, publishers seriously don't like it when you produce this fast. They get cranky, because they're supposed to be reading, editing, and generally focussing on things that are next upm on the publication slate. A year and a half ahead of schedule makes them snarl.
Betsy HP - Nov 13, 2003 1:15:49 pm PST #2689 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Gah. Somebody somewhere had a Web page on writing travel with horses -- it was to keep you from making stupid mistakes. It did things like warn against riding stallions (they're a pain in the ass on long journeys), mares coming into heat, about how far a horse could travel in a day, and like that.
Does that ring a bell for anybody?
Plei: Judith Tarr's Lippizzaner stallion. Pretty boy. [link]
amych - Nov 13, 2003 1:18:34 pm PST #2690 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, GOD i'm such a raging sucker for Lippis. And I don't think that's just the Viennese side of me talking. Perfect little short compact powerful studly horses. t sigh
Anyway, I don't remember the website you're talking about, but I'll second the stallion advice -- they're a fucking PITA.
Did you have particular horsey questions?