Would you rather see Gary go out of print altogether?
>
Well, I have to say that Gary would -not- "go out of print".
He is an
excellent writer and somebody, maybe Poisoned Pen or Write
Way or one of
the small houses would pick him up. They -love- him in
England so maybe
an UK publisher would pick him up. Actually there is no maybe
about this
scenerio, he will be published; he may not get the money that
a Grisham
or Cornwall gets, but he will be published.
> Have a heart. In today's market, you take what you
can get.
Actually you don't have to "you take what you can get". You
just market
harder, or find a niche for an author. I think Gary is fine
enough to
catch the eye of Mysterious Press (which is allegedly the top
of the
line for Mystery, since Ross Thomas was reprinted by them).
And another
point, maybe if these houses would quit buying these
"reprints" they
would have more money to publish the good, living authors who
keep
producing.
Publishers don't exactly line up to re-sign an author when
he's been
dropped by another house.
Yes, but again, if he is good enough and people do know Gary
and his
work, his being "dropped" would not matter.
> Violent Spring was optioned and then looked like it
was set up to go at HBO with Lawrence Fishburne starring as
Monk.
Now Fishburne I buy; Murphy, no way. Somehow, Gary's voice
shows through
so much in these books, that I picture Monk as looking and
sounding like
Gary himself.
But then that happens, I picture Sheriff Dan Rhodes as
looking like Bill
Crider.
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