[SKRIVA] Utrikes går sf/f bra och drar in kulor!
- From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 14:25:30 +0100
En intressant artikel från branschblaskan The Booksellers. Numera ses det som
en *fördel* att ha sf-element i en bok. Och det ger kontrakt på sexsiffriga
belopp:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/sci-fifantasy-new-frontier-publishers.html
"Mainstream publishers can "no longer afford to ignore" science-fiction and
fantasy projects, with genre tropes now perceived as an "advantage" in general
fiction, as a flurry of six-figure deals and chart successes point to a rising
demand for the genre.
Last month, SFF stalwart Terry Pratchett's latest novel, Snuff (Transworld),
became the fastest selling adult hardback novel by a British novelist since
records began, selling 31,094 copies in its first full week. SFF specialists
Gollancz signed three six-figure deals, as well as a début fantasy novel on a
pre-empt, while Headline appointed John Wordsworth as a dedicated SFF
commissioning editor.
The hotly contested acquisition of Lauren Beukes' latest novel, The Shining
Girls—which has a time-travelling element—was won by HarperCollins, which paid
a six-figure sum, shortly after Frankfurt. Simon & Schuster acquired The Age of
Miracles, based on the conceit that the world begins to turn more slowly, for
close to £500,000 earlier this year. Both deals indicate demand among
publishers for "speculative" fiction with an SFF element."
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