Just been on a friend’s blog to learn that she’s having real trouble with Macmillan (who she’s been with for 10 yrs) over her latest book which is due out in paperback in autumn 09.The paperback edition is all on hold while they see how the sales go on the hardback – WINTERSTRIKE, by Liz Williams, her writing really is good. Not so long ago I heard even Ursula LeGuin was having troubles !!! If it’s hitting hard at that kind of writing level publishing is in a bad way. Another writer-friend thinks it’s very much about the credit-crunch and I feel she’s right too but she also says that the publishing industry seems to be in melt-down and probably needs to find a new direction to go in.
Some mainstream writers I know who have had a lot of trouble with their publishers have gone into alternative – one of P K Morrison's new detective series for instance has gone out with Lulu. What do you think about all this?
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