Doing that would prevent me from delivering on my promise.
On the other hand, nobody has placed a pre-order yet.
So what am I gonna do? Break a promise nobody cares for and soil my
honor for the chance of getting the story published in the magazine, or
go through with the original plan?
..Now I have a bad dilemma.
See, I had promised in my website and on the store that
pre-orders for High Tech Necromancy would be served on
28th this month. However, now that story exists both in
Spanish and English, I'd like to send it over to a
magazine that purchases stories in both languages as a
package. Doing that would prevent me from delivering on my
promise.
On the other hand, nobody has placed a pre-order yet.
So what am I gonna do? Break a promise nobody cares for
and soil my honor for the chance of getting the story
published in the magazine, or go through with the original
plan?
Hello Arelor!
** On Monday 16.11.20 - 15:56, Arelor wrote to All:
..Now I have a bad dilemma.
See, I had promised in my website and on the store that
pre-orders for High Tech Necromancy would be served on
28th this month. However, now that story exists both in
Spanish and English, I'd like to send it over to a
magazine that purchases stories in both languages as a
package. Doing that would prevent me from delivering on my
promise.
On the other hand, nobody has placed a pre-order yet.
I'd say the mag takes a higher seat. If there are no pre-
orders, then there is no break of promise.
So what am I gonna do? Break a promise nobody cares for
and soil my honor for the chance of getting the story
published in the magazine, or go through with the original
plan?
Get the mag involved. They have hooks into the market that you
are only beginning to establish. The mag is kinda like your
"big break" to reach a market.
Well, in the end I have decided to leave the preorders open but with no attached deadline.
Plan is, if the magazine picks the story, the preorder gets fullfilled 6 months after publication. If the magazine does not take it, the story
gets published as soon as possible.
Well, in the end I have decided to leave the preorders open but with no attach
deadline.
Plan is, if the magazine picks the story, the preorder gets fullfilled 6 month
after publication. If the magazine does not take it, the story
gets published as soon as possible.
Okay, you now have at least one preorder, and I'm still hoping your story gets published and I have to wait longer to receive it.
Side note on your bank information -- I assumed the name attached to the account is
Richard Falken, but it'd be nice if you stated it for bank transfers.
...Suddenly the editor of the deceased magazine
told me they are trying to revive the publication and that
they may be interested in The Worth of Immortality... and
then another one which is buying stories in multi-language
packs showed interest too...
If any of these magazines purchases publication rights,
things get hairy. Their standard contracts seem to be that
I cannot publish the piece on my own until 6 months after
they publish it themselves. If one of them purchases the
High Tech Necromancy, pre-order customers could have to
wait up to a year to get it because of how editorial
deadlines work.
Mind you, my experiece with professional magazines is that
when they promise to publish something on a given date,
they may feel free to delay it if they think they need to
save the piece for later.
Hello Arelor!
** On Tuesday 24.11.20 - 17:53, Arelor wrote to Adept:
...Suddenly the editor of the deceased magazine
told me they are trying to revive the publication and that
they may be interested in The Worth of Immortality... and
then another one which is buying stories in multi-language
packs showed interest too...
Ahh.. so there is a connection between the old publisher and
the new one? Maybe it is a plot to postpone release of your
writings! That would be too cruel.
If any of these magazines purchases publication rights,
things get hairy. Their standard contracts seem to be that
I cannot publish the piece on my own until 6 months after
they publish it themselves. If one of them purchases the
High Tech Necromancy, pre-order customers could have to
wait up to a year to get it because of how editorial
deadlines work.
Can't you provide the nudge to include a clause to not
preclude you from fulfilling self-publishing obligations (ie. direct-to-customer)
that you established prior?
Mind you, my experiece with professional magazines is that
when they promise to publish something on a given date,
they may feel free to delay it if they think they need to
save the piece for later.
It's plot to rope you in.
The Flaming Wrath of Árelor is getting a quality check after some reformatting. So
far I am 15% in aprox. I plan to make both the English version and the original (Spanish) version available by 2021. Purchasing (or
pre-ordering) the book gives you
the right to download both versions.
If any of these magazines purchases publication rights, things get
hairy. Their standard contracts seem to be that I cannot publish the
piece on my own until 6 months
The Flaming Wrath of Árelor is getting a quality check after some reformatting. So
far I am 15% in aprox. I plan to make both the English version and the original (Spanish) version available by 2021. Purchasing (or pre-ordering) the book gives you
the right to download both versions.
Nice! I was hopeful that that was the case. I figure this can be something where I can attempt to read something in Spanish, then switch to English if get lazy and/or confused.
IWhat I mean is that if you are read a sentence in the Spanish version
and then look for its equivalent in the English one, it may be there,
but it may also NOT be there, or exist in such a twisted form as not to
be recogniseable.
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