BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England

[Mark Kohut]

1) No advance $2) No distribution to most bookstores 3) No sales effort, no real marketing 4) Outrage 
on the part of most of his buyers (most still thru bookstores) for selling out to THEIR perceived Satan---especially
for a neo-Luddite 5) still only about 25% of ALL book sales happen via Amazon ( and for many many fewer---therefore
for some, many more)

From: "bandwraith at aol.com" <bandwraith at aol.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England



Don't get paranoid, but why shouldn't a writer, especially of Pynchon's renown, just sign with Amazon and bypass the Random-Penguin droppings altogether?  He already seems to write his own blurbs. But maybe Melanie has already threatened/hinted about taking that option in her negotiations- old options close and new ones open up.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Apr 27, 2013 10:29 am
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England


fewer options for writers...often means less competitive offers....
(but I don't think in this case Melanie opened it to competitive offers....she wanted Cape for
workling reasons and just tried to get her best fair deal...)

From: "bandwraith at aol.com" <bandwraith at aol.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England



'Nother dumb question. How does the recent consolidation affect such dealings, if at all?

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>; pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sat, Apr 27, 2013 9:16 am
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England


M & D and AtD are also Cape so, yes, it looks like Ms. Jackson
has made separate English pub deals.....(In some cases having to get/buy the rights back, I would think)

From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: "bandwraith at aol.com" <bandwraith at aol.com>; "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England



Inherent Vice was also Cape....they do Gravity's Rainbow and Vineland, I believe. 


From: "bandwraith at aol.com" <bandwraith at aol.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England



For the record, who were M&D, ATD and IV published by in England? I'm to lazy to look it up or comb the archives.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 11:19 am
Subject: BLEEDING EDGE. Cape to publish in England


And Publisher Dan Franklin likes it. 

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