Hi, well I'm from Germany but mostly reading the English versions because I prefer Ray's words compared to those of translations.
BUT count me as an supporter :-) Regards / Viele Grüße Matthias On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Stefan Kramperth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there! > > Are there any german users in this list? If yes, we need your support in an > effort to "rescue" > the publishing of Raymond Feists work in german language. More information > here: > > http://www.midkemia.info/forumv2/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=389 > > A few days ago, a fellow forum member contacted the german publisher Random > House/Bertelsmann > concerning the publication of the (new) books of Raymond Feist. The > Demonwar/Chaoswar-Saga are > still not available in germany (in german language) and _a lot_ of books are > out of print. > > Heres the answer from Random House/Bertelsmann (translated from german): > > Dear Mr. H., > > thank you for your email. Unfortunately it has taken a while until we could > answer your request > because we had to make an inquriy with the responsible colleague. > Unfortunately we cannot continue > (to publish) Raymond Feists books because of economic reasons. We know that > there is a huge fan > community out there but they are not enough (fans) to cover the costs for > licensing, translation > and production of a minimum edition. > Even if there were some collectors who were willing to pay much money for > these books we weren't > allowed to sell them to the highest bid because of the fixed book price law > so our problem will > persist. Its sad for us as a publisher and for the fans if we have to cancel > a series. > > I wish I could give a more postive answer and hope, you'll further have much > fun with our program. > > Best Regards, > D.S. > > I have a question: Does Random House/Bertelsmann still has the rights to > publish the work > of raymond feist in germany? (also for the Demonwar/Chaoswar-Saga?) > > We will try to unite every single german Midkemia-Fan and try to convince > Bertelsmann > to publish Raymond Feists work again. Maybe it would be possible to start > with ebooks. > > Best wishes from Germany, > Stefan > > -- > http://www.midkemia.info - > The german Midkemia & Raymond E. Feist Ressource > > > >
