Tart thoughts on the nature of fiction - and some sweet ones, too
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Not Hot Enough to Handle?
Apparently, once upon a time Ian Rankin's early Rebus novels were not successes. Debi Alper points out that nowadays he'd be likely to be dropped rather than allowed the time to build such a following that those early editions are now collectors' items...
Yes, I think it took over ten years before he started to really sell.
These days I'm often told that unless X's third novel works, they're going to be dropped. It can sometimes be shocking how many well-known names fall into that category.
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2 comments:
Yes, I think it took over ten years before he started to really sell.
These days I'm often told that unless X's third novel works, they're going to be dropped. It can sometimes be shocking how many well-known names fall into that category.
Blimey.
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