Donaldson's Publishing Woes
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:30 pm
I was so sorry to hear that Steve is having trouble publishing The Killing God. Evidently the publisher (Berkley) is balking at the length of the novel and wants 30% of it cut to proceed. Wayfriend may be right; the publisher may be trying to get out of its contract since Steve isn't very profitable.
While all of this is very disheartening (especially for Steve), I was wondering if fans at Kevin's watch could possibly do something about it by writing letters to Berkley showing our support for SRD. I don't know the editor at Berkley who Steve is dealing with, but the general email for Berkley Publishing is: BerkleyNALpublicity@us.penguingroup.com. We could also inundate their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleyPub/
Even if Berkley refuses to compromise, Steve can certainly try to publish elsewhere, where he may get a better title and an editor who respects his work. But why take the chance? Let's make some noise!
While all of this is very disheartening (especially for Steve), I was wondering if fans at Kevin's watch could possibly do something about it by writing letters to Berkley showing our support for SRD. I don't know the editor at Berkley who Steve is dealing with, but the general email for Berkley Publishing is: BerkleyNALpublicity@us.penguingroup.com. We could also inundate their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleyPub/
Even if Berkley refuses to compromise, Steve can certainly try to publish elsewhere, where he may get a better title and an editor who respects his work. But why take the chance? Let's make some noise!