"Del Rey Internet Newsletter #37" - читать интересную книгу автора

next book (first of a two-part series) will be a far-future, military SF
novel set in another star system. It will be published in early 1997 in
mass-market paperback.

Q: What determines whether a "compilation novel" (two-in-one or
three-in-one volume) gets released? A: A bunch of interrelating factors: a
new book in a popular series often puts us in mind of a two-in-one or
three-in-one edition of earlier books in the series. We republish backlist
classics in this combined format (called "omnibus" in the trade) to give
them another shot at the shelves with an attractive price--omnibus editions
always cost less than two or three separate books. And sometimes an
unrelated new book by a popular author, or renewed interest in a series, is
reason enough to publish an omnibus. However, omnibus editions are
expensive to produce, especially when--like now--paper prices are very
high. Therefore, the profit margin on them is very low, so we can't do
them for all our authors and series.

Ellen Key Harris Editor, Del Rey Books Director of Online Projects,
Ballantine Books [email protected]
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