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If it is the one you mean, I think there's some misinterpretation. Yes, there is the possibility Putnam may drop SRD due to poor sales IF he had poor sales. But as SRD says, sales for Runes were in fact good, so there's no need to panic.There is a remote--but real--possibility that poor sales might cause my US publisher to dump me. (This issue doesn't arise in the UK, where sales have been excellent.) On the one hand, my US editors are loyal and supportive. On the other, Putnams is well known for dumping authors when sales are unsatisfactory--or even when sales threaten to be unsatisfactory. However, even in the unlikely event that Putnams dumps me, all would not be lost. Books would still be available from the UK. And another US publisher might be willing to pick up the project.
In any case, there's no immediate danger. Hardcover sales for "Runes" were good (not great; but definitely good).
Once I ordered a book from Amazon and one from Amazon.uk on the same day. The one from the UK got to me before the one from here in America. 
I take it to mean sales were less good than expected, so it's just a more relevant issue that it was before. Not an immediate danger.Matrixman wrote:Is this the reply from SRD you're referring to?
If it is the one you mean, I think there's some misinterpretation. Yes, there is the possibility Putnam may drop SRD due to poor sales IF he had poor sales. But as SRD says, sales for Runes were in fact good, so there's no need to panic.There is a remote--but real--possibility that poor sales might cause my US publisher to dump me. (This issue doesn't arise in the UK, where sales have been excellent.) On the one hand, my US editors are loyal and supportive. On the other, Putnams is well known for dumping authors when sales are unsatisfactory--or even when sales threaten to be unsatisfactory. However, even in the unlikely event that Putnams dumps me, all would not be lost. Books would still be available from the UK. And another US publisher might be willing to pick up the project.
In any case, there's no immediate danger. Hardcover sales for "Runes" were good (not great; but definitely good).
Yeah, but if I order from the UK Amazon, won't I need some kind of converter so I can read it.....oh wait. Nevermind.duchess of malfi wrote:Even if he were to be dumped, it is very easy to order books from the UK on the internet.
