Joyce
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Will there be audio books? Again, thank you for such great characters we can fall in love with, hate and cry over their life choices...
Michael J. Sullivan
Without question, any book I release in the future will have an audiobook. There are several reasons for this.
1. Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing world (and have been for some time). it would be foolish to ignore this portion of the market.
2. I receive my highest advances from audiobook contracts. My advances for audiobooks have reached the 7-figure level which is more than 250% of my highest print/ebook contract.
In essence, it is the audiobooks right that I'm the most protective of and the one I secure first and foremost. This is making my "other" rights harder to deal with as the big-five publishers are now REQUIRING audio rights on all new deals. By signing over audio I stand to lose 50% of my audio income to the print/ebook publisher, and they are not raising their advances to offset the value of audio on the open market.
So, yes, there will definitely be audiobooks!
1. Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing world (and have been for some time). it would be foolish to ignore this portion of the market.
2. I receive my highest advances from audiobook contracts. My advances for audiobooks have reached the 7-figure level which is more than 250% of my highest print/ebook contract.
In essence, it is the audiobooks right that I'm the most protective of and the one I secure first and foremost. This is making my "other" rights harder to deal with as the big-five publishers are now REQUIRING audio rights on all new deals. By signing over audio I stand to lose 50% of my audio income to the print/ebook publisher, and they are not raising their advances to offset the value of audio on the open market.
So, yes, there will definitely be audiobooks!
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Christomir Rackov
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Will the The First Empire, when the last book of it is released, possibly spoil the amazing denouement of the Riyria Revelations? I mean - hypothetically, if someone hasn't read the Revelations, and decides to wait several years and read all the First Empire books first, and only THEN pick up the Revelations, would that take the edge off their enjoyment that comes from all the surprise revelations in Percepliquis?
Chris McGrath
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Do you plan to ever publish a printed collection of your short stories?
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