----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Kent Morgan" <
tkmorgan@shaw.ca>
> I have a couple of questions for the UK members of
this list. It
> seemed that the UK release didn't get much publicity
and the book
> was difficult to find.
"Magdalen" was published by Brandon, an Irish -- not a UK --
publisher, although they do have a distribution deal in the
UK with Turnaround. http://www.brandonbooks.com
> I eventually found a copy in a large store
in
> York and the only other copy I spotted was in Murder
One in London.
> Only two copies for a writer supposedly as popular
as Bruen after
> the success of The Guards
It can take the UK some time to catch up with the States.
Alexander McCall Smith only got big here about two years
after you guys discovered him. Transworld have twigged, which
is why they've bought the rights to the next couple of Jack
Taylors.
> and no sign of it in the large chains
such
> as WH Smith and Waterstones.
Bookstore presence has never been harder, particularly for
small publishers.
Al
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