On Nov 21, 2011, at 2:04 AM, John-Marin Kos wrote: > > Just a small question from my side. > > Seeing the unofficial part of this announcement this is probably too soon too > ask, but thought to ask anyway. > > Will this be an English version only? > Or will it be available in other languages too? > > Really enjoying your books, but most of them I read in Dutch. > > Best regards, > John-Marin > >
Here's how it works. I write for HaprerCollins, who now has world-wide English language publishing rights, as well a the right to license foreign translations. Foreign publishers then approach HaperCollins for those rights in each market. So far we've done pretty well, something like 23 or 24 different languages in over 100 countries. But it varies nation by nation, publisher by publisher. You can get everything in Dutch or French. German, is another matter. The market in Germany is fluid and after nearly 20 years of little interest, it popped about ten years ago and a lot of things were translated, but now, no one wants the last four in Germany. And that may change again in the future. So, it's a nation by nation, language by language, market by market issue. As you are in Holland, I'm pretty sure you'll see a translation as soon as Jacque Post over at Luitingh Fantasy can grab it. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
