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Started by Patricia Rice
Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00
Re: pub promos and reissues
Author: Patricia Rice
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00
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<< I still am amazed how major award winners go OOP and disappear in > romance whereas in other genres and mainstream the books prosper which win!>> You know, this just struck me after reading this directly after reading another list on which they complained about romance reissues. Readers are consistently outraged when out of print books are repackaged and reissued, yet they also complain when they can't buy our backlist. How do other genres keep old books on the market without occasionally updating them? Do their readers complain about the reissues? Essentially, romance reissues ARE classics, even if the publishers don't write "RITA award winner" across the front. How should they be packaged to show they're reissued classics without causing complaint? Patricia Rice VOLCANO, Fawcett, 8/99
Re: pub promos and reissues
Author: Sara Reyes
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00
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I think you miss the point, Patricia. Readers are outraged when a book is repackaged with a new name and sold as a new release, or even issued in hard back. As to these being classics, well, that as is most things, a matter of opinion. <G>. And as to the awards (may as well be burned to the bone for opinions today) who understands or know what they represent except for the publishing and professional organizations? RITA doesn't mean much to the average reader, sorry. As to updating books which I assume you mean to re-writing them, I cannot think of any other genre that does that. My Anne McCaffrey's are all in print and never updated, nor are my Alistair MacLean, or Jack Higgins (although they do release his old ones intact but under his "real name"). Re-issues of some of the best-selling and well-loved books are always welcome, it is just when it looks and feels like a "new release" that the readers (buyers) feel a bit testy. Patricia Rice wrote: > You know, this just struck me after reading this directly after reading > another list on which they complained about romance reissues. Readers are > consistently outraged when out of print books are repackaged and reissued, > yet they also complain when they can't buy our backlist. How do other genres > keep old books on the market without occasionally updating them? Do their > readers complain about the reissues? Essentially, romance reissues ARE > classics, even if the publishers don't write "RITA award winner" across the > front. How should they be packaged to show they're reissued classics without > causing complaint? > > Patricia Rice > VOLCANO, Fawcett, 8/99 -- sjreyes@ticnet.com || ICQ: 2828302 || AIM: SJReyes || Y! sara_reyes Readers Tea in North Texas: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/dfwtea Readers Chat List: http://www.egroups.com/list/qmc Romance Books & Readers List: http://www.writerspace.com/rbr.html
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