Announcement
Nov. 13th, 2009 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
truepennyHappy Friday the Thirteenth!
I have an announcement: my next book (working title, The Goblin Emperor) will be published by a new publisher under a different name.
As You Know, O Internet-Bob, my sales with Ace were disappointing, which resulted in Ace deciding they did not want to publish me any longer. It also resulted in those disappointing sales figures being irretrievably associated with my name in the computers of the big chain book-buyers. And that, in turn, means that those big chain book-buyers--who are the people publishers have to sell to (Remember that. Everything makes more sense if you remember that publishers aren't actually selling books to readers; they're selling books to bookstores, and the bookstores with the clout to determine what publishers can and can't sell are the big chains.)--are not interested in buying any books associated with the name "Sarah Monette."
Ergo, my new publisher Tor, in order to do an end-run around the computers, will be publishing me under a new name: Katherine Addison.
This is not a "rebranding": the book Katherine Addison is writing for Tor is the same book Ace rejected from Sarah Monette. It also, obviously, isn't a secret; neither Tor nor I see any point in hiding from people who liked my first four books where they can find the next one.
I don't know the publication date yet, but my deadline is February 1, 2010. So you know where I'll be if you want me.
Please feel free to ask questions, although I don't promise I'll be able to answer you, and, as the Bartles & Jaymes guys used to say, we thank you for your support.
I have an announcement: my next book (working title, The Goblin Emperor) will be published by a new publisher under a different name.
As You Know, O Internet-Bob, my sales with Ace were disappointing, which resulted in Ace deciding they did not want to publish me any longer. It also resulted in those disappointing sales figures being irretrievably associated with my name in the computers of the big chain book-buyers. And that, in turn, means that those big chain book-buyers--who are the people publishers have to sell to (Remember that. Everything makes more sense if you remember that publishers aren't actually selling books to readers; they're selling books to bookstores, and the bookstores with the clout to determine what publishers can and can't sell are the big chains.)--are not interested in buying any books associated with the name "Sarah Monette."
Ergo, my new publisher Tor, in order to do an end-run around the computers, will be publishing me under a new name: Katherine Addison.
This is not a "rebranding": the book Katherine Addison is writing for Tor is the same book Ace rejected from Sarah Monette. It also, obviously, isn't a secret; neither Tor nor I see any point in hiding from people who liked my first four books where they can find the next one.
I don't know the publication date yet, but my deadline is February 1, 2010. So you know where I'll be if you want me.
Please feel free to ask questions, although I don't promise I'll be able to answer you, and, as the Bartles & Jaymes guys used to say, we thank you for your support.
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Date: 2009-11-13 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 06:37 pm (UTC)The Army series hit the Times list, and I've since seen the Duggan and Baldwin books republished under the Griffin name. He's also done a Marines series, an Argentina series, and a modern "presidential agent" series under the Griffin name.
It's been common belief for a long time that authors will take off fairly early, or not at all. Now the big buyers, chain bookstores, have taught their computers that, so it's now enforced. But even before then, there have been authors who thought playing with names until one took off was a sound practice.
Yay for tor!
Date: 2009-11-13 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 07:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 07:23 pm (UTC)But, having moved past the not-blinking part -- congratulations on the deal with Tor! If this is a question you can answer . . . who's your new editor?
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Date: 2009-11-13 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 07:45 pm (UTC)*squeezes bookshelves to produce an empty slot*
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Date: 2009-11-13 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 08:08 pm (UTC)MKK
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Date: 2009-11-13 08:10 pm (UTC)MKK
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Date: 2009-11-13 08:09 pm (UTC)As another of the Katharine tribe, I welcome you to our midst.
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Date: 2009-11-13 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 09:01 pm (UTC)Stupid bookstore computers. I wonder if Tor will put "who also writes as SARAH MONETTE" on the cover of the new one, right under "Katherine Addison."
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Date: 2009-11-13 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-13 10:42 pm (UTC)Happies
Date: 2009-11-13 11:09 pm (UTC)Yay! to Tor!
Yay! for me I'm gonna have a new book from you (although, really, now, where DO I shelve it?)
Boo! to Ace and the bookstore computers.
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Date: 2009-11-13 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 02:15 am (UTC)I dunno if you're interested (or if your publishers are), but I read your books because I found your blog engaging.
Anyway, echoing all the excited above. May your relationship with Tor be steady and prosperous. Much luck and I can't wait for the new book.
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Date: 2009-11-14 02:18 am (UTC)I am put in mind of Addison and Steele. Whichever version.
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Date: 2009-11-14 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-14 04:11 am (UTC)Also: no pronunciation confusion with the new name!
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Date: 2009-11-14 04:23 am (UTC)