Re: Bringing LOGH to the US?
Lee Thompson shadow@nwlink.com
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 04:32:59 GMT
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:53:58 -0400, you wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> >
> > Also, I don't know enough about the book industry to put forth any
> > suggestions as to what company would be most receptive to publishing the
> > novels. Does anyone know of a publisher that has already published
> > translations of any other Japanese series of novels. I'm interested to
> > hear what everyone has to say.
>
> Well, as somebody who's submitted manuscripts for the first book to
> several major publishers in the U.S., I feel qualified to comment. :>
>
> NOBODY is interested in tackling an import project of this size, UNLESS
> it's one of those "pay for it yourself" vanity publishing houses (in
> which case, the *translator* has to purchase the rights to the title
> *separately*) The SF/Fantasy publishers are still wincing at the losses
> they swallowed on the Gundam novels, and THAT was a mere 3 volumes long.
>
> Anybody got a spare million bucks or two?? Ah. I thought not. :>
Yeah this is the crux of the problem.
Tokuma itself encourages us to petition publishers... and for this to be
effective, we need more fans in the US to write these letters.
Even the guests the AX panel, while not being able to CONDONE fansubs, had to
admit that they have been effective in building the LoGH fanbase. So guess
in the spirit of MST3K... keep circulating the tapes and write everybody.
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More specific question here for Sue, did the Gundam books really sell that
poorly? -- and here I thought they were pretty good. ^^;
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Lee Thompson
shadow@nwlink.com
