RE: RARA-AVIS: Hard Case Crime, French Version?

From: Mark Sullivan (DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net)
Date: 16 Sep 2009

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    This is what Charles Ardai of Hard Case Crime replied when asked here about the French Hard case Crime books: It's true: We've teamed up with J'ai Lu to create a French version of Hard Case Crime. The logo is not exactly the same -- they've separated the crown-and-gun logo from the words "Hard Case Crime" and rearranged the elements slightly -- but it's certainly recognizable. And the books won't all be the same either. The first three titles did also all appear in our U.S. line, but in the future J'ai Lu will also bring out French editions of books we did not publish here. And who knows? One of these days we might bring out an English edition of a book by some French author they introduce us to...

    Oddly, they aren't using pulp-style painted covers in France, since they believe the style wouldn't be popular there. But the illustrations they're using instead are quite handsome and I've been delighted with the three I've seen so far.

    --Charles

    http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/200704/0169.html

    Mark

    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > From: RachelsDA@comcast.net
    > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:59:19 +0000
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Hard Case Crime, French Version?
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    > Folks--
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    > I have found something that seems quite bizarre, and I would be delighted if someone could explain it to me.
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    > I was trolling for Gil Brewer titles in the ABEBooks.com database, and I found a bookstore in France that has in stock something like 20 copies of a French edition of Brewer's _13 French Street_. Here's where it gets weird: Though it is a French publication, it appears to be published in the original English, and the cover design includes a version of the Hard Case Crime logo. Say what?
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    > If anyone is curious to see the cover image, I have temporarily posted it at the top of my blog, here:
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    > http://pulppoem.blogspot.com/
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    > Anthing from wild theory to actual fact would be appreciated!
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    > David R.
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