Nilekh S
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi,is there any plan to reprint the entire vorkosigan saga,can't find any trade paperbacks in print?
Lois McMaster Bujold
No such plans at this time.
There weren't very many trade paperbacks done in the first place. My print backlist is presently a pretty random grab-bag of varied editions and formats -- hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperback -- done over decades by Baen and NESFA Press. A few titles are still to be found new, most must be grubbed up from the used book market. Without a new full-length novel to front it, reprinting the backlist would lose money for any print publisher attempting it.
I have considered the option of doing indie print-on-demand editions, like our somewhat experimental editions of "Knife Children" and The Spirit Ring, but sales of those have not yet repaid the efforts to produce them. Spectrum's experienced and dedicated (in both senses) e-book wrangler left last year, so it would be a big struggle up a learning curve to replace her. And there's no way to get such indie editions into bricks-'n-mortar bookstores. And so it sits at the moment.
Meanwhile, my e-editions continue to sell and sell, and Blackstone does a good job marketing their audiobook editions, so I don't feel "out of print" from this end.
Ta, L.
No such plans at this time.
There weren't very many trade paperbacks done in the first place. My print backlist is presently a pretty random grab-bag of varied editions and formats -- hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperback -- done over decades by Baen and NESFA Press. A few titles are still to be found new, most must be grubbed up from the used book market. Without a new full-length novel to front it, reprinting the backlist would lose money for any print publisher attempting it.
I have considered the option of doing indie print-on-demand editions, like our somewhat experimental editions of "Knife Children" and The Spirit Ring, but sales of those have not yet repaid the efforts to produce them. Spectrum's experienced and dedicated (in both senses) e-book wrangler left last year, so it would be a big struggle up a learning curve to replace her. And there's no way to get such indie editions into bricks-'n-mortar bookstores. And so it sits at the moment.
Meanwhile, my e-editions continue to sell and sell, and Blackstone does a good job marketing their audiobook editions, so I don't feel "out of print" from this end.
Ta, L.
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Alla
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, Lois! I'm from Russia and I really like your Saga of Vorkosigan. I think miles and one of the most vivid and strong characters in fantastic prose. Tell me, were you offered ever to make a movie or series about Vorkosigan? Or maybe you wanted this story was brought to the screen? With respect to your work, Alla.
Kosigan
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
On a re-listen of the Vorkosigan audiobooks recently, I noticed a 1-line reference to the tunnels under Vorbarr Sultana that were used to such great effect in Captain Vorpatril's Alliance - which was written about 20 years later. This got me to wondering: how much research of your own work is (was) involved in preparing for a new entry in a series that has been written over such a length of time?
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