On Jul 4, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Stefan Kramperth wrote: > Hi there! > > One and a half year ago I contacted Randomhouse Germany (part of the > bertelsmann group > with with their publishers goldmann, blanvalet) and asked, when "Rides a > dread legion" and > "At the Gates of Darkness" will be published in german language/in germany. > > Surprisingly the answer was, that they will _NOT_ publish your new books any > more in > germany. Raymond Feist himself gave some more Information [1]: > > "The two titles you've mentioned are the first we did with HarperCollins on a > world wide basis, so they're handling all foreign rights deals instead of my > usual international representative" > > and a year later [2]: > > "OK, the latest is that Goldman has sort of run out of gas about the > series, it seems, and after a long deliberation decided to pass, as has > Piper. So, HarperCollins is now in discussion with a couple of other > publishers." > > So my questions are: > > Are there any news for a new german publisher? > Are there any news to publish "Rides a dread legion" & follop-ups in german > language? > Are there any negotiations with possible new german publishers? > > Please, dont leave us desperate here in Germany. :( Since 3 years we are > waiting. > Also, some books of the "Darkwar Saga" are out of print and sell for horrific > prices [3] > > Best regards, > Stefan > > > [1] > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de&fromgroups#!topic/alt.books.raymond-feist/g8EBQTZvx8w > [2] > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de&fromgroups#!topic/alt.books.raymond-feist/TKFZizrlk1c > [3] http://www.amazon.de/Die-Erben-von-Midkemia-verr%C3%BCckte/dp/3442244153/ >
I'm sorry to say that at this point there is nothing new to report. I'm not leaving you desperate or in fact doing anything. It's the German publishing industry that has decided it is not in their best interest to publish new titles. I went through a similar cycle with the Germans in the late 1980s. If you want to have a positive impact, complain to the publishers and let them know there's a demand. Wish I had better news. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
