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Ok, I think it's time for some industry real-talk. It's not the 80s, 90s, or even 2000s anymore. It's 2021 in the middle of a global pandemic, and the publishing midlist barely exists anymore. Sometimes it feels like you're either a runaway success, or you're buried.
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Priest of Bones and Priest of Lies did pretty well. They sold to Penguin Random House in the US, Hachette in the UK, and Klett Kotta in Germany (if you haven't heard of them, they publish Tolkien in German), and also to Russia and Italy so far.
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We sold a TV option to the producer of the Harry Potter movies.
And do you know what? The series got renewed by the skin its teeth, and then only by Hachette. After some contract wrangling there now will be a US editon, under the JFB imprint of Quercus, but again, only just. 3
And do you know what? The series got renewed by the skin its teeth, and then only by Hachette. After some contract wrangling there now will be a US editon, under the JFB imprint of Quercus, but again, only just. 3
So sorry, no, there isn't going to be a hardcover this time. Sorry, the books in the US won't have the same font on the covers as the first two, or be out in anything other than ebook before the end of the year.
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And I *am* sorry. Please don't think I'm being sarcastic, because I'm not. I genuinely wish the series had done better. To be honest I'm overjoyed the last two are coming out at all. Because they nearly didn't.
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So, anyway, a very big thank you to @JoFletcherBooks for saving the series! The Pious Men salute you. 6/5
