Good News for a Change
Monday, April 14th, 2008 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniAs reported elsewhere.
Attention: Subscribers to Fledgling and Saltation, Fans of Theo Waitley, Friends of Liad, and All the Ships at Sea
Now it can be told.
Baen Books will be publishing the dead tree edition of Fledgling and, when it’s ready, Saltation. That’s the short form and it is Wonderful News Indeed.
The slightly longer form is that subscribers to Fledgling and/or Saltation will receive their books as promised. Baen will supply a portion of our advance in books, enough to cover the subscriptions, which we’ll sign and mail from the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory – that’s 1,200 volumes for Fledgling, and up to 1,000 Saltations.
The rest of the books will go into Baen’s regular distribution channel and will be available from your favorite bookstore. For those who prefer ebooks, both novels will be available through Baen Webscriptions.
As with any negotiation, there was some give-and-take involved. Part of this negotiation revolved around the form in which the books will be published. There exists the possibility – the language is in the contract – that Baen will decide not to publish a trade paper edition. If they make that decision, then subscribers will receive hardcovers.
Publication dates are not yet in hand; as soon as we have them, we’ll shout them from the rooftops. We did want to give this wonderful news to everyone who supported us and our work as soon as we were certain ourselves.
We’re very grateful to Toni Weisskopf at Baen, and to Jenn Jackson, our agent, who both did master class piloting in order to bring this one safely to port.
Attention: Subscribers to Fledgling and Saltation, Fans of Theo Waitley, Friends of Liad, and All the Ships at Sea
Now it can be told.
Baen Books will be publishing the dead tree edition of Fledgling and, when it’s ready, Saltation. That’s the short form and it is Wonderful News Indeed.
The slightly longer form is that subscribers to Fledgling and/or Saltation will receive their books as promised. Baen will supply a portion of our advance in books, enough to cover the subscriptions, which we’ll sign and mail from the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory – that’s 1,200 volumes for Fledgling, and up to 1,000 Saltations.
The rest of the books will go into Baen’s regular distribution channel and will be available from your favorite bookstore. For those who prefer ebooks, both novels will be available through Baen Webscriptions.
As with any negotiation, there was some give-and-take involved. Part of this negotiation revolved around the form in which the books will be published. There exists the possibility – the language is in the contract – that Baen will decide not to publish a trade paper edition. If they make that decision, then subscribers will receive hardcovers.
Publication dates are not yet in hand; as soon as we have them, we’ll shout them from the rooftops. We did want to give this wonderful news to everyone who supported us and our work as soon as we were certain ourselves.
We’re very grateful to Toni Weisskopf at Baen, and to Jenn Jackson, our agent, who both did master class piloting in order to bring this one safely to port.
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Date: 2008-04-15 01:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-15 01:39 am (UTC)Whee!
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Date: 2008-04-15 07:13 am (UTC)Happy dance and much whooping!!!
Yes! I Mean every one of those exclamation points!
........oh, and Congratulations!
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Date: 2008-04-15 10:09 am (UTC)Just wondering - will the problems with the old ordering system also have an impact on the Fledgling / Saltation pre-orders as well?
Tricia
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Date: 2008-04-15 10:35 am (UTC)Heck no. We'll invent whole new problems, in celebration.
The problems with with the old SRM ordering system were -- problems with the old SRM ordering system, which -- has nothing to do with Fledgling or Saltation. Those orders come directly to me, and don't pass through the old SRM ordering system at all. NOTHING passes through the old SRM ordering system anymore, and those problems are why.
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Date: 2008-04-16 06:29 am (UTC)Tricia
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Date: 2008-04-15 06:17 pm (UTC)Chris H
baen/fledgling et al
Date: 2008-04-16 01:53 am (UTC)Congratulations to you, and kudos to Baen for recognizing something great!
N. Furman
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Date: 2008-04-16 08:01 am (UTC)Yay!
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Date: 2008-04-16 07:28 pm (UTC)Yahoo!!
Date: 2008-05-02 02:32 pm (UTC)Zoobrothertom
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